Kaub

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Kaub is located in the Rhineland-Palatinate, which is part of the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district. It is incorporated into the municipality (Verbandsgemeinde) of Loreley. It contains both Roman Catholic and Evangelical churches, as well as a statue of Field Marshal Blücher, who, on New Years’ Eve, 1814-15, crossed the Rhine here at the head of a Prussian and Russian army on route to fight Napoleon. The town is noted for its wine and slate mining. It was first mentioned in 983 AD, and was a centre of the Falkenstein family who built Burg Gutenfels. In 1260 it passed to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen, and in 1277, it became part of the Rhine Palatinate. Kaub received its city charter from Louis the Bavarian in 1324. The toll tower known as Burg Pfalzgrafenstein was built in 1326 on wetlands on the Rhine. In 1477, Kaub was returned to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen.