Bad Kreuznach

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A few miles southwest of Mainz, nine miles from the Rhein, the city of Bad Kreuznach spans the Nahe River. There are three little teetering, sturdy stone buildings constructed on the piles of the Alte Nahebrücke (the old bridge over the Nahe River). They are large enough for only one or two rooms per floor, and since each floor is larger than the one below, these captivating ancient buildings appear to defy the law of gravity.

We can remember other buildings built in a similar manner: one on the bridge over a stream in Esslingen, south of Stuttgart, and a charming tiny chapel on the bridge over the Nagold River in Calw, east of Baden-Baden.
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