The Drachenfels (Rhine, Germany), 1921 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of The Drachenfels (Rhine, Germany), 1921 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: The Drachenfels (Rhine, Germany)
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The Drachenfels (Rhine, Germany), 1921
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The Drachenfels, a trachyte crag above Königswinter on the Rhine's east bank, had drawn steamboat tourists for most of a century by 1921. A cog railway opened in 1883 carried visitors from the river to the ruined castle at the summit, and the legend of Siegfried slaying a dragon there gave the hill its name and fame. In 1921 Germany was struggling under the postwar settlement, and the Allied reparations demands announced that spring weighed on towns across the Rhineland, where Cologne remained under Allied occupation. Vineyards on the lower slopes and river traffic still supported local families, and day-trippers from Cologne and Bonn kept coming to climb the hill and look out over the water.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Creator | panora, ltd |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,429 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Drachenfels (Rhine, Germany) |
| Reference | GERMANY The Drachenfels (Rhine, Germany) 1921 |
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