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Welcome to Boppard
Boppard
is beautiful
Recuperation
and holidaying in Bad Salzig
Boppard's
wines are among the best to be had anywhere
How
wonderful Nature is!
There's
always something going on
Take
your time about enjoying your time
Boppard's turbulent past
Boppard - a town worth visiting
An
idea from Boppard conquers the world
Welcome to Boppard
Welcome
to Boppard on the Rhine. In the Valley of the Loreley as
well as on the heights of the nearby Hunsrück Mountains,
Boppard has a lot to offer in many respects both to residents
and guests. In the course of history, all kinds of people
have felt at home here, whether Celts, Romans or Franconians.
All of them have left their mark on the 2000 year-old history
of the town and at every turn there is witness in stone
of their presence.
Boppard
is beautiful
The
charming, unmistakable natural beauty of Boppard and its
surroundings as well as the numerous monuments to its culture
and history evoking memories of the different epochs of
its history are called to mind as we take a walk through
the town. One of the few national Goethe Institutes has
its seat in Boppard which was set up here twenty years ago
and there are four partner towns in France, England, Hungary
and Japan which underline its international character.
Recuperation and holidaying in Bad Salzig
Bad
Salzig nestles in the gently rising hilly slopes which shoulder
the course of the Rhine and is part of the town of Boppard.
It owes its designation "Bad" to the initiative
of the East Prussian, Major Theodor Hoffmann. It was he
who, in 1902 and 1905 respectively ordered two wells to
be bored, the "Barbara" and the "Leonora
Spring". Cherries flourish here in the summer and in
the spring of each year the area around Bad Salzig becomes
a veritable sea of blossom right up to the heights above
the river - a delight and fascination to the eye.
Boppard's wines are among the best to
be had anywhere
The
wine produced here has a very high reputation and was mentioned
in official records over 1350 years ago. This is well understood
when one remembers the fact that the largest net of vineyards
along the central Rhine area in the Bopparder Hamm count
among the steepest wine-growing districts with an approximate
cultivated surface of 75 hectares. There are many opportunities
to enjoy Boppard's wine during the course of the year. For
example: at "Boppard Wine in the Spring", at Bopparder
Weinkost" (Wine-tasting) or- and this especially -
at the Boppard Wine Festival. The vintners of Boppard market
their wines themselves. It's a good idea to leave enough
room in the back of the car for later home consumption!
How wonderful Nature is!
Historical
Boppard lies at the foot of an unspoiled, wooded mountainous
area which is part of the slate hills of the Rhine's countryside.
Nature lovers, botanists and ornithologists are in their
element when it comes to an exploration of Boppard and its
environs. The unique character of the natural surroundings
make it an ideal place to ramble. One can discover the hiker's
paths for oneself or spy out the Rhine's tributaries and
their valleys in the high places above it.
There's always something going on
Time
passes very quickly in Boppard and this is provided for
by a pretty full calendar of events. There is, for example,
the Boppard May Festival, the Rhine Festival, the Onion
Market, the Wine Festival and the Christmas Market, plus
the many fairs going on in the neighbouring villages. Boppard
has a rich variety and a long tradition of inns and pubs.
Take your time about enjoying your time
It's
a good idea to join a guided tour to show you all the delights
of this charming little town. If not on foot, then by town
tour with the mini-train. Furthermore, for your leisure
and pleasure: tennis, golf (18-hole course), swimming, riding,
gliding, cycling, boat trips. Of particular and unique interest
in Boppard is the Thonet Museum (Bentwood furniture) with
its approximately 100 exhibits. The chair-lift offers visitors
a bird's eye view of the largest Rhine meanderings together
with the Bopparder Hamm. After a trip with the Hunsrück
Railway, there is the possibility of hiking in the forests.
Boppard's
turbulent past
At a
time when the area lying between the Rhine and the Moselle,
the Hunsrück region, was still thickly wooded, the
Celts came to settle here. About fifty years B. C., Roman
legions marched to this point along the Rhine, then a fluid
territorial boundary or "limes". Later they erected
a large fortress. After the fall of the Roman empire, Franconian
tribes settled in what is now Boppard which, in the Middle
Ages, later became an imperial city.
Boppard
— a town worth visiting
An impressive
building is the electoral castle (Kurfürstliche Burg),
which Balduin von Trier erected in 1327. The small fortress
served as a customs castle on the Rhine, a building which
assured its owner of a lucrative living from the tithes
and tolls levied upon Rhenish traffic.The Archeological
Park leads us back into Roman times. Also of considerable
interest is the mainly late romanesque building of St Severus
Church on the Market Square. One thing which must not be
missed is the Carmelite Church, built in 1300 which, after
fire in 1730, was re-constructed in the baroque style. The
cloister belonging to it is the town's administrative building
today.
An
idea from Boppard conquers the world
Soap has become a thing of the past!
This
is the result of an invention by a man from Boppard. More
than 30 years ago, the Boppard based company, Sebapharma
GmbH & Co. launched anti-soap campaign with the provocative
statement, "For 2000 years men and women have not cleaned
themselves properly". After it had been scientifically
proven that cleansing skin with soap ruins the skin's natural
acid protective mantle, Dr. Heinz Maurer started searching
for skin friendly alternatives. He was able to realize his
idea of developing a 'soap-free soap' by introducing the
first Sebamed cleansing bar. This new bar is as fragrant
as ordinary soap and cleanses just as well, but it does
not attack the natural protectiv mantle of the skin. It
is therefore ideally suited to sensitive and highly sensitive
skin.
Skin
care is more than cosmetic
Sebamed
currently offers a range of 52 products for tender baby
skin, sun screen or for mature and sensitive skin. All products
are based on the principle of stabilizing and maintaining
the skin`s natural protective mantle with its pH of 5.5.
The products are developed by our own research and development
departments. External tests by dermatology clinics and consumers
ensure the high quality of the entire Sebamed product range.
A new
product concept encircles the globe!
The
Boppard based company, Sebapharma, is nationally, as well
as internationally, successful. Nowadays Sebamed products
are marketed in about 60 countries; not just in Europe but
also in Australia, the Near East, South Africa, and especially
in Asia, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan. In a further
move towards international recognition, Sebapharma has established
a home page on the internet (http://www.sebamed.de)
which is accessible world-wide.
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