① The Old Tollhouse
On the bank of the river Rhine next to the Eulengasse, you find the Old Tollhouse, which was built around 1500 AD. Its existence goes back to the sovereignty of the community of nons from Essen over the county of Breisig. The nons were granted the privilege of raising toll for the use of the road. For this reason the tollhouse was built on the banks of the river Rhine, in addition to the tollgates already established (Köln gate - north gate; Koblenz gate - south gate) in teh wall surrounding Breisig since 1280 AD. Leaning walls and numerous flood markers on the front of this beautiful timber frame house testifiy to its great age.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please walk upstream along the Rhine promenade until reaching Schmittgasse. Turn rigth after approx. 150 m.
② The Dinget Pillar
This unique tombstone for the honourable Johann-Hugo Dinget, adviser of the Archbishop of Trier, has been placed in the Schmittgasse. For many years the monument stood in the cementery of Brohl, where this gentleman, the owner of Brohleck Castle, had initially been buried. It consists of a square socket and a cylindrical pillar, which still bears the original inscription. "Here rests in peace Johann-Hugo Dinget, former adviser of the Archbishop of Trier, born on the 18th of December 1767, died on the 9th of December 1827. Peace to his ashes." Johann-Hugo Dinget belonged to a Freemanson fraternity which regulary came togehter for meetings in breisig.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please continue along the road B9 and cross to the other side
③ Church St. Mary Assumption
St. Mary´s was built from 1717 to 1725 AD and with its square tower and the double baroque top it is the landmark of Bad Breisig. The baroque pilaster portal with curved gable and 1718 written on the linel beam leads into the church. On the rigth hand side you migth note the enlargement, erected in 1977. The church ist a sinle nave with five axis and a high gothic hall. It is accompanied by a crown  of buttresses whose curved covers indicate the Baroque style. The high altar was built during the first half of the 18th century. A counterbalance to the rich choir furnishing is the gallery with teh noble organ pipes. The organ pipes were acquired in 1959 from a Portestant church in Aurich (North Germany). A separate shrine inside the church holds a valuable silver cross relic from the Donatus chapel of the Templar fraternity. Another item of interest inside the shrine is a fragment of a Roman votive altar that was found on the bank of teh Vinxt brook.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please cross the B9 via the pedestrian tunnel and walk down Biergasse for 200 m towards a rather large building on the right hand side.
④ The "Schultheissenhaus"
The Schultheissenhaus is a trhee storey plastered quarry stone building with a step gable. It was built in 1670 by teh "Schultheissen" familiy called Meurers. This family was in charge of the "Schultheissen"-profession, which is the same as mayour-hereditary in those days. Thus from 1588 to 1794 one of the Meurers familiy was always in office. The initials W.M., for william Meurers, can be seen in the window grilles. The carved numerals 1670document the year of the buildings construction.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please proceed along the Rhine promenade and turn right to the Spa Hotel
⑤ Spa Hotel and Park
In 1876 members of the Freemason fraternity placed the foundation stone of their Lodge. The estate was used by teh Freemasons as a recreation centre. Later the property was sold to the DAnish counul general, Mr. Oehme. In 1926 first plans were developed to found a municipal health resort company. The estate Oehme was considered to be the ideal place for a spa hotel. After some remodelling, the spa hotel opende for business on the 26th of Mai 1928. In 1975 an extension was added to the hotel, together wis an indoor thermal swimming pool and an area for modern wellness applications. To this day the park of the spa hotel contains a remarkable array of old trees and even some of exotic origin.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please proceed through the park in the direction of the B9
⑥ The old Town Hall/Doll Museum
In 1873/1874 the old Town Hall was constructed at 31 Koblenzer Straße. It was used as the administrative centre of Bad Breisig. An eye catcher is teh classical pillar on the entrance. In 1905 an annex provided additional office space. In 1988 the administration moved to the Badstraße and the new owners Mr. und Mrs. Ringel opened a doll museum with more than 400 dolls, amongst them a few rare items from the second half of the 19th century.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please cross the B9 and proceed towards a small visitors park
⑦ Mausoleum Art Nouveau
In 1911/12 Albert Mertés, a hat manufacturer from cologne, built the mausoleum on Breisig´s former cemetery (1805-1966), in memory of his daughter Mimi Mertés who died very young. The mausoleum has a slate roof with a glass dome. The panelling and the floor are made of marble. The four sarcophagi are made from blocs of tuff, which is a vulcanic rock. Albert Mertés died in 1924 in Berlin. The mausoleum was the last resting place of his daughter Mimi, his son Albert Peter, his young grandson Walter and of himself.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please follow the B9 in the direction Koblenz, pass through the pedestrian tunnel to the other side of the road, continue for another 200 m and turn left
⑧ The Templer Court
The Templar Court at 45 Koblenzer Strasse, raised by members of the Templar fraternity, was mentioned for the first time in 1215. In 1245 the Donatus Chapel was built on the Rhine side of the Templar court in which the fraternity retained a precious relic of the Holy Cross. Today, this cross is kept in St. Mary´s Church. The red cross on white background, symbol of the fraternity, was taken over by the Knights of Malta and can still be seen today on the frames of the windows facing the "Tempelgasse". During the Thirty Year WAr (1618-1648) the Templar Court was destroyed and subsequently rebuilt in 1657.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please proceed into the direction of Koblenz for about 400m
⑨ The Protestant Church
On the 2nd of June 1901 the corner stone of the "Church of Christ" was placed on Koblenzer Straße opposite the railway station, and on 8th of December 1902 the community celebrated teh inauguration of the church. For many years they had to use the chapel of Rheineck Castle, made available to them by the owner, the Baron of Bethman-Hollweg. The church is abrick building faced with local tuff. In 1905 the organ was purchased from the Church of Remagen, where it had been installed in 1872.	[+]Click to enlarge
Continuation of tour: Please cross the road, walk into the direction of Bonn, turn left through te pedestrian underground crossing after 500 m, turn right and pass by the tennis courts
⑩ Geyr Hot Spring/Roman Thermal Bath
In 1936 Johann Martin Schuh accomplished the construction of the Spa building named Geyrsprudel (Albert-Mertés-Str. 11), and put to good use the warm spring which had previously been discovered and drilled by Baron Geyr from Schweppenburg in 1914. In 1961 his son Willy Schuh installed an indoor thermal bath at the same place, and the first indoor thermal wave bath in Europe in 1969 opened here. Another improvement was achieved when in 1991 the "Römer-Thermen" opened  business, offering an indoor thermal pool, physiotherapeutic applications, far reaching sauna facilites and even a fitness studio.	[+]Click to enlarge
Additional places of interest:
⑪ Old school in Oberbreisig
In 1839 a boy school was established in Oberbreisig. An enlargement had to be added in 1873 to accommodate a girl school. The building was in use as a school until 1973.	[+]Click to enlarge
⑫ St. Viktor´s Church
The parish church St. Viktor, first documented in 1041 AD has always been a landmark in Oberbreisig. The church in its present shape was built in the late Romanesque period of  the Rhineland between 1220 and 1240. The interior originates mainly from the 17th and 18th century. On the east wall of the northern aisle you may find an oil painting dating back to the 15th century (Holy Barbara, Katharina and Dorothea). In addition, the church is decorated with frescos from the 14th and 15th	[+]Click to enlarge
⑬ Chapel of St. Borroméus
The district of Rheineck on the north of the Vinxt brook belonged to the governance of Breisig in the south to the county of Rheineck Castle. In 1718 a chapel was built which was dedicated to St. Karl Borroméus. On the lava ston frame which surrounds the wooden door of the southern entrance you may find the date "Anno 1718". In the interior a statue of St. Barbara, who is the patron saint of all miners, reminds us that people from Rheineck worked in the iron ore mines north of the Vinxt brook and later in the basalt quarries south of the brook for their living. District Rheineck, Mühlenstraße-Kapellenstraße	[+]Click to enlarge
⑭ Burg Rheineck
Rheineck Castle was built in the 11th century by teh palatinate counts of the Rhineland. After several destructions and rebuilds a university professor from Bonn and the later Prussion education minister Moritz August Bethmann-Hollweg in 1832 purchased the castle and had it rebuilt and restored to its former medieval shape by the famous architect Johann Claudius von Lassaux. Today, the castle is in private ownership and is not accessible to the general public.	[+]Click to enlarge
⑮ Celtic fortified Settlement "Auf dem Hahn"
An Iron age settlement dated from 600-200 BC, fortified by a ring wall for protection and defence. A similair settlement is to be found on the "Reuterslay" near Rheineck Castle.