Mäuseturm

The tower stands on a small island in the Rhine and is surrounded by legends. It used to serve as a customs tower. Visitors can see a well-known motif of the Rhine Valley here. The Mäuseturm tower near Bingen is surrounded by a well-known legend. Legend has it that a cruel archbishop had starving people turned away or even killed. As punishment, he was pursued by countless mice. He fled to the tower in the Rhine, but the mice swam after him, entered and ate him. Historically, the tower was a customs and signal tower: customs duties were levied here on passing ships.