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13 Aerial photos from Nordrhein-Westfalen:
from: Bad Godesberg | Bergisches Land | Bonn | Köln |
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Hotel Petersberg has become the Guest House of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located on the Petersberg a prominent mountain of the Siebengebirge near Bonn. With a height of 331 meters it looks over Königswinter on the right bank of the Rhine River.
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Picture taken 1.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1078 -
satellite view
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Altenberg Cathedral also called the ''Bergische Dom'' is the church of the former Cistercian Abbey Altenberg (1133-1803). In 1857 the Prussian King gave order that Catholics and Protestants have to use this church simultaneously.
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Picture taken 1.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1030 -
satellite view
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The ruins of Drachenfels (Dragons Rock) Castle is the famous landmark of the Siebengebirge. Siegfried, the hero of the German legend ''Nibelungenlied'' killed the dragon living in a cave, took a bath in the dragons blood and became invulnerable.
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Picture taken 1.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1080 -
satellite view
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