The Neroberg

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An 800-foot high hill covered with beeches and a few gnarled oaks, the Neroberg in the Taunus Range near Wiesbaden was one of several places visited by William Steinway and his family during trips to Germany.

The summit of the Neroberg commanded "an extensive prospect" with promenades intersecting the wood in every direction and extending as far as the Platte. " . . . Other paths, also indicated by finger-posts, lead to the Speierskopf , the Felsengruppe, the Leichtweisshohle, the Trauerbuche, and various other points."(1) A "favourite resort" the hill was surmounted by a "tower affording a view of the Taunus, with the Rhine valley and the Odenwald to the S.E., the towers and bridge of Mainz to the S. (beyond the Biebrich water-tower)."(2)

 

 Modern view from the summit of the Neroberg

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Sources:

1. Baedecker, Karl. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travelers. (Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1896), p. 145.

 2. ________. The Rhine from the Dutch to the Alsatian Frontier: Handbook for Travelers. (Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1926), p. 283.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modern View from the summit of the Neroberg

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