Limburg, Germany

I'd wanted to visit Limburg since we passed it on the way to Koblenz.  Even from the autobahn, the cathedral is the highlight of the town.

The church itself looks more like a half-timbered house than a cathedral, especially when compared to the monstrous cathedrals in Worms and Mainz.   The building is painted in whites and bright brown (almost orange).  It dates back to the 1100-1200's, though of course, as wil all buildings that age (and still standing) it has gone through extensive renovations.

More photos of the outside/inside of the cathedral:

  

The church wasn't all we saw in the town though.  We stopped by a little park overlooking the Lahn River and the Lahn Bridge, said to be built in the early 1300's.

  

We also ventured up the steep hill, into the old part of town, where the oldest inhabited building in Germany resides.  Some of the buildings just looked ancient.  Limburg is full of old structures and half-timbered houses.  It's exactly the kind of rustic town you imagine when you think of Germany.  There's a maze of tiny little side streets, plazas, and shops.

All in all it was avery quaint little town.  We had dinner at a nice little restaurant and found a shop that sold drndls and lederhosen.  Right next to it was a place selling local wines, so naturally we had to come home with one.