Sentence examples for middle rhine from inspiring English sources
Realizing the impossibility of large-scale expansion beyond the Rhine, rulers of the Flavian dynasty (69 96) annexed the region between the middle Rhine and upper Danube rivers, roughly the Black Forest region, to secure communications between Roman garrisons, by then permanently established on both rivers.
The middle Rhine is the most spectacular and romantic reach of the river.
In Germany this style is found in manuscripts made on the middle Rhine and at Regensburg.
The Middle Rhine Museum contains an important collection of art and historical artifacts.
Rothaar Hills, German Rothaargebirge, southernmost mountain region of the Sauerland in the Middle Rhine Highlands of southeastern North Rhine Westphalia Land (state), west-central Germany.
There is also regular passenger service on the Rhine during summer, especially the middle Rhine section and from Rotterdam to Basel, but this is almost exclusively for tourists.
The Rhenish Palatinate included lands on both sides of the middle Rhine River between its Main and Neckar tributaries.
They solidified their hold on what is now Belgium, took permanent control of the lands immediately west of the middle Rhine River, and edged into what is now northeastern France.
IN THE MIDDLE AGES the Rhine was Europe's most important commercial waterway.
The Germans and the Gauls were driven back several times by the confederated Frankish tribes of the North Sea coast and by the Alemanni from the middle and upper Rhine.
Lower Lorraine thus included most of the historic Netherlands belonging to the German kingdom between the Rhine, middle Meuse, and Schelde rivers, while Upper Lorraine included the Ardennes, the Moselle valley, and the upper Meuse valley.
