Kamp Castles

After his hearty breakfast, Heinrich spent the morning exploring. Above the town of Kamp Bornhofen there are some old ruins of a castle that was named Berg Liebenstein.

It used to be a very strong fortress up on a tall hill but now it is only a ruin of old stone walls.

From the walls of the castle Heinrich could see the Rhine River down in the valley. The Rhine is a long and very important river way that helps people move all through Germany.

It is a narrow river valley where the Rhine goes past Kamp Bornhofen. In this valley along the river there are many cities. Each one snuggles up to the river and also stretch up onto the hills.

As Heinrich watched down over the river he saw a lot of traffic along the river. Instead of cars and trucks the traffic was made up of boats.

As Heinrich watched, he saw several boats come and go to small piers that stuck out into the river. Boats would pull up and people would get on and off. In this part of Germany the boats are like buses and people ride them up and down the river. The people would get off onto the piers when they got to the city they were headed for.