The village of Cochem is actually what you'd want when asking for a charming area along a pretty river.
An impressive castle overlooks it all, giving it that old-time feel. The old city continues that atmosphere nicely.
This area actually was controlled by the French in 1794, but Prussia won it back in 1815 through the Congress of Vienna. This area is remembered for hosting a slave labor camp during World War II, as about 13,000 people were forced to work for Bosch to make such items as spark plugs. In addition, some bombing took a toll on downtown, but you'd have to say the people did a fine job of rebuilding it.
Let's look around.
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