Kaub

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Kaub
Kaub, with the castles Pfalzgrafenstein and Gutenfels
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Loreley
Mayor	Heribert Werr
Basic statistics
Area	12.98 km² (5 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (295 ft)
Population	996 (30/06/2006)
- Density	77 /km² (199 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EMS
Postal code	56349
Area code	06774
Website	www.stadt-kaub.de Coordinates: 50°5′16.67″N 7°45′44.9″E / 50.0879639, 7.762472

Kaub (old spelling: Caub) is a town in Germany, state Rhineland-Palatinate, district Rhein-Lahn-Kreis. 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. Population 1100. It has a Roman Catholic and an Evangelical church, and a statue of General Blücher. The trade mainly consists of the wines of the district.

Kaub is known for the castle Pfalz, or Burg Pfalzgrafenstein, situated on a rock in the middle of the Rhine. According to legend, the Palatine countesses awaited their confinement in the Pfalz, but in reality the castle served as a toll-gate for merchandise on the Rhine. The restored castle Gutenfels sits on a hill above the town.

Kaub, first mentioned in the year 983, originally belonged to the lords of Falkenstein, in 1260 the Counts of Katzenelnbogen divided their county and selected the inhabitants of Kaub, then passed in 1277 to the Rhenish Palatinate, and attained civic rights in 1324. In 1477 Kaub was passed as deposit to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen again. In 1479 this family died out^[1] . Here Blücher crossed the Rhine with the Prussian and Russian armies, on New Years night 1813-1814, in pursuit of the French.

Blücher's Rhine-crossing at Kaub, by Wilhelm Camphausen

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^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ Kaub, The County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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