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The castle and lookout tower on the hill
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"King John" boat trip Luxembourg

Nahe and Rhine

Other trips

Luzern and Basel

Chagall exhibition in Metz Christmas fair in Strasbourg
Lisbon and Cascais Colpach castle and park - where the painter Munkacsy lived


Saarburg and King John boat circuit





The Leuk flows across Saarburg  


Hills flank the Saar 








After a waterfall, the Leuk drives a mill  





Above the waterfall, traditional houses





looking down to the mill

and view of the Leuk and the Saar

Das Rathaus

 




Above the houses, the church St Laurentius





The castle and the lookout tower on the hill



The hill from below
Visible that there was a fortress

The lookout tower

View of the castle

The castle above houses
on the bank of the Saar


The state (Land) government
under the hill
On the road to the castle,
there is a little church
and goats are grazing

but one can see also thistles



Starting from Saarburg
"King John" boat trip
King John is John the blind of Luxembourg






         



     under the church



 We see the life on the river


 who sometimes escape
 



Including the little gooslets



Wineyards flank the river


and rocky hills

   
Würtzberg



Finally, the "Kastel", where the remains of King John the Blind were kept until, after the
2nd World War, Luxembourg claimed them
back (according to another story,
took them back in a night raid)