Lorelei

The Lorelei is a 132-metre-high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the at in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 193 metres
  • Description: rock on the eastern bank of the River Rhine in Germany
  • Also known as: “Loreley” and “Lurlei”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhine Gorge and Katz Castle.

Protected area
Photo: King, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Upper Middle Rhine Valley is the 65 km southern section of the between and in the states of and in .

Castle
Photo: Johannes Robalotoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is a castle above the town of in . The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at .

Theater building
Photo: Helfmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an amphitheatre located on top of the rock in , Germany. Designed by Hermann Senf, it was built between 1934 and 1939 as one of the Nazi Thingplätze and is one of the best known of these.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sankt Goar and Oberwesel.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small quaint town in the near the Loreley in the state of in , with a lovely atmosphere and pretty scenery.

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is a small town in the scenic Rhine Gorge or . With a population in 2018 of 2813, it's on the left bank of the Rhine 3 km upstream from the Lorelei rock outcrop. There are many historic buildings and sections of the old town walls.

Village
Photo: Reise-Line, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in , in western .

Lorelei

Latitude
50.1393° or 50° 8′ 21″ north
Longitude
7.7287° or 7° 43′ 43″ east
Elevation
193 metres (633 feet)
Open location code
9F294PQH+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3594972102
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q4168
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Satellite Map

Discover Lorelei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Lorelei” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Loreley”
  • Arabic: “لوريلي”
  • Bashkir: “Лорелея”
  • Basque: “Lorelei”
  • Bavarian: “Lorelei”
  • Breton: “Loreley”
  • Catalan: “Lorelei”
  • Cebuano: “Lorelei (bato)”
  • Cebuano: “Lorelei”
  • Chinese: “洛蕾萊”
  • Chinese: “罗蕾莱”
  • Chinese: “羅蕾萊”
  • Croatian: “Lorelei”
  • Czech: “Loreley”
  • Danish: “Lorelei”
  • Dutch: “Loreley”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لوريلى”
  • Esperanto: “Loreley”
  • Finnish: “Loreley”
  • French: “Lorelei”
  • Georgian: “ლორელაი”
  • German: “Loreley”
  • German: “Loreleyfelsen”
  • Greek: “Λόρελαϊ”
  • Hebrew: “לורליי”
  • Hungarian: “Loreley”
  • Indonesian: “Lorelei”
  • Italian: “Lorelei”
  • Japanese: “ローレライ”
  • Korean: “로렐라이”
  • Ladin: “Loreley”
  • Latin: “Lorelei”
  • Lithuanian: “Lorelei”
  • Macedonian: “Лорелеи (карпа)”
  • Macedonian: “Лорелеи”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lorelei”
  • Norwegian: “Lorelei”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lorelei”
  • Persian: “لورلی”
  • Polish: “Loreley”
  • Portuguese: “Lorelei”
  • Romanian: “Loreley”
  • Russian: “Лорелей”
  • Russian: “Лорелея”
  • Serbian: “Лорелај”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorelei”
  • Slovenian: “Lorelaj”
  • Spanish: “Lorelei”
  • Swedish: “Lorelei”
  • Turkish: “Loreley”
  • Ukrainian: “Лорелай”
  • Ukrainian: “Лорелей”
  • Venetian: “Lorelei”
  • Vietnamese: “Loreley”
  • Vlaams: “Loreley”
  • Welsh: “Lorelei”
  • Western Frisian: “Lorelei”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mythenpfad and R(h)einblick St. Goarshausen.

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