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Kaub
Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Kaub

Kaub is a town in Germany, state Rhineland-Palatinate, district Rhein-Lahn-Kreis.

Plan a trip to Kaub→From Frankfurt am Main

It is part of the municipality (Verbandsgemeinde) Loreley. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 50 km west from Wiesbaden. It is connected to Wiesbaden and Koblenz by railway. It has a Roman Catholic and an Evangelical church, and a statue of General Blücher. Historically, trade mainly consisted of the wines of the district.

Get in

Getting to Kaub

SE10: Frankfurt - Koblenz. On the B42 north of Rüdesheim. Fährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel. KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at Kaub.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

    Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327.

  2. 02
    Blücherdenkmal
  3. 03
    Burg Gutenfels

    Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands.

Do

Things to do

Hike part of the Rheinsteig

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Beim Alten Zollhaus

    Zollstraße 14,.

  2. 02
    Bennos Truck Stop

    Rheinuferstraße 1,.

How locals move

Getting around Kaub the local way

  • Get inFährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.

From Wikivoyage: Kaub, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.

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