The town of Riedenburg is located in the heart of BAVARIA, right between Munich and Nuremberg in the Altmühl Valley Nature Reserve. The next exit from highway A 9 is Denkendorf. Hundreds of thousands of day visitors and holidaymakers come every year to this town, where nature has created a magnificent landscape in the course of millians of years. A town with three castles: Rabenstein and Tachenstein, two of the fortresses atop the rocky heights are in ruins, but the third one, Rosenburg Castle, Riedenburg‘s best known building, is still full of life today. It houses a falconry centre together with the Museum of Falconry, and the flying displays with falcons, kites and eagles attract visitors from far and wide. Flying displays are every day at 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. except Monday. Call for a taxi for transfer to the castle by 09442/1729 There are two other castles in the vicinity: Eggersberg Castle, now an exclusive hotel and restaurant, combined with the fascinating County Museum. Prunn Castle, which enjoys great fame as the epitome of a mediaeval knight‘s castle. The little town of Riedenburg, which streches on either bank of the Altmühl, can rightly be called “The Pearl of the Lower Altmühl Valley“. Everything possible is done to ensure the wellbeing of the town‘s visitors. Holidaymakers are almost spoilt for choice: Culture or nature. Why not combine the two? A visit to the Crystal Museum in Riedenburg with the world‘s largest rock crystal cluster is a must. The Museum is located in a flat building down on the bank of the river beside the concret road bridge, it can be reached by foot within 15 min. from the boat station. The museum of sound at Riedenburg presents a unique of music reproduction appliances. Strongly recommended too is a trip to the Farm Museum in Echendorf and the Hammer Mill in Hexenagger. Then there is the typical Jura valley of the Schambach, a beautiful little river, that flows into the Altmühl near Riedenburg. This valley is best explored on foot or by bicycle. Altogether walking and cycling are the most popular leisure activities in the woods and forests round here and the footpaths and cycle tracks are all clearly signposted. In the rivers you can fish for pike, carp, eels, pike-perch and many other species. An experience all of its own is a trip on an elegant excursion boat. By this means you can discover the impressive beauty of the pictoresque landscape in comfortable fashion. Riedenburg has a great variety of accomodatian at prices to suit every pocket, and inns and restaurants catering for all tastes. Inexpensive bed and breakfast accomodatian and holiday flats are available in all parts of the town, either down by the Altmühl or up on the Jura slopes.