Rhenish Hesse
Mainz-Bingen
Bingen

Mouse Tower

The Mouse Tower is a stone on a small island in the Rhine, outside , .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: tower on island in the Rhine, Bingen am Rhein, Germany
  • Also known as: “Binger Maeuseturm”, “Mäuseturm”, and “Mäuseturm von Bingen”
  • Roof shape: flat
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mäuseturminsel and Ehrenfels Castle.

Islet
Photo: Faltboot, Public domain.
is an islet.

Castle
Photo: Steffen 962, Public domain.
is a ruined hillside castle above the near the town of in , . It is located on the steep eastern bank of the river amid extended vineyards. The grape variety Ehrenfelser is named after the castle. is situated 390 metres north of Mouse Tower.

Church
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of St. Martin also called Bingen am Rhein Basilica Is the main Catholic church of the city of , in in . is situated 1 km southeast of Mouse Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bingerbrück and Weiler bei Bingen.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Stadtteil of that is located on the opposite bank of the river from the old town of Bingen. It was self-administering until 1969.

Village
Photo: Ulma-Todd, Public domain.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , .

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of about 1000 people in the in , , at the southern end of the Rhine Valley. The village is incorporated into the town of .

Mouse Tower

Latitude
49.97206° or 49° 58′ 19″ north
Longitude
7.8804° or 7° 52′ 49″ east
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Levels
4
Open location code
8FX9XVCJ+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 50828644
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
11886814
Wiki­data ID
Q521497
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Mouse Tower” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Muizentoren”
  • Esperanto: “Mäuseturm Bingen”
  • French: “Mauseturm de Bingen”
  • French: “Mäuseturm de Bingen”
  • German: “Binger Mäuseturm”
  • German: “Mäuseturm von Bingen”
  • Italian: “Binger Mäuseturm”
  • Polish: “Mysia Wieża w Bingen”
  • Romanian: “Turnul şoarecilor”
  • Romanian: “Turnul șoarecilor”
  • Russian: “Мышиная башня”
  • Swedish: “Mäuseturm”
  • “Binger Mäuseturm”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mouse Tower”. Photo: Arcalino, CC BY-SA 3.0.