Sankt Goar

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View of St. Goar and Burg Reinfels in the upper part of the picture, with St. Goarshausen close to the camera
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View of St. Goar and Burg Reinfels in the upper part of the picture, with St. Goarshausen close to the camera

Sankt Goar am Rhein is a town in the German federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland Palatinate), Germany. St. Goar is located on the Rhine, in the section known as the Rhine Gorge, and is impressively situated between mountains which rise on either side of the river. It is known particularly for the legend of the Loreley, associated with the dangerous Loreley rocks which are a hazard to shipping. It is also famous for the ruined castle Burg Rheinfels. St. Goar lies in the central Rhine Valley, which in 2002 was adopted by UNESCO as world cultural heritage. Sankt Goar is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel.

In German linguistics, the Sankt Goar Line is an isogloss separating dialects to the north from those to the south. See High German consonant shift.

St Goar lies opposite Sankt Goarshausen.

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Coordinates: 50°09′N 7°43′E

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