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| | The Hindu Business Line : And quiet flows the Rhine |
 | | Fed by melting Alpine snows in Switzerland, and sharing frontage with France and the Netherlands, the Rhine is a little over 1,300 km long; it is nevertheless the section that flows through Germany that captures the imagination with its castles, vineyards, dangerous whirlpools, and legends of heroes, Rheinemaidens, and Lorelei. |
 | | The Rhineland is a much narrower term, encompassing by common consensus only the 80-km Rhine gorge between Mainz and Koblenz where the steep banks, striated by vineyards and crowned with castles, create the romantic picture most people associate with this famous river. |
 | | St Goarshausen is the scene of the majestic Rhine in Flames fireworks and spotlight extravaganza on the third Saturday in September. |
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