The Nibelungen and the Rhine: From the Fall of Burgundy in 436 CE to Wagner’s Ring Cycle
A real battle at Worms in 436 CE became the Nibelungenlied, Germany's national epic, and eventually Wagner's Ring cycle. The…
A real battle at Worms in 436 CE became the Nibelungenlied, Germany's national epic, and eventually Wagner's Ring cycle. The…
At Rhine kilometre 555, a 132-metre slate cliff forces the river into its narrowest passage. In 1801, a poet invented…