Thousand mosquitos
I’ve always wanted to photograph the mouse tower and castle Ehrenfels. This warm evening was perfect for beautiful pictures of the sunset on the Rhine. The location on the banks of the Rhine itself was not that easy to find, but sometimes you have to go uncomfortable ways. In any case, I can remember the thousand mosquito bites very well …
Mouse Tower
The Mouse Tower (Mäuseturm) is a stone tower on a small island in the Rhine, outside Bingen am Rhein, Germany. The Romans were the first to build a structure on this site. It later became part of Franconia, and it fell and had to be rebuilt many times. Hatto II, the Archbishop of Mainz, restored the tower in 968. Hatto is depicted being eaten alive by mice, as described in the Mouse Tower legend.
Ehrenfels Castle
Ehrenfels Castle, (re-)built about 1212, is a ruined hillside castle above the Rhine Gorge near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the steep eastern bank of the river amid extended vineyards. The grape variety Ehrenfelser is named after the castle.
