{"id":1363,"date":"2026-06-10T05:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.germanpoetry.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:46:20","slug":"am-ufer-des-rheins-at-the-banks-of-the-rhine-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/am-ufer-des-rheins-at-the-banks-of-the-rhine-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Am Ufer des Rheins &#8211; At the Banks of the Rhine River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Rhein<\/strong><\/em>, bereits als Kind haben mich deine Ufer magisch angezogen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wo ich sa\u00df, die Kraft deiner Wasser zu sp\u00fcren,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">die sich ihren Weg bahnen, seit Millionen von Jahren,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">durch Basaltgestein liebliche T\u00e4ler graben,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mit H\u00fcgeln und Weinh\u00e4ngen, auf denen stolze Burgen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">und Schl\u00f6sser thronen. Habe den m\u00e4chtigen K\u00e4hnen nachgeschaut,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">den St\u00e4dten Leben bringen, Wellen hinter sich ziehend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Rhein<\/strong><\/em>, schon als Kind hast du meine Tr\u00e4ume mit auf die Reise genommen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">auf deinen immerfort str\u00f6menden Wassern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">zu fernen L\u00e4ndern, Menschen und dem Meer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bis ich eines Tages den unendlichen Ozean erreichte,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">und im Rauschen der Wellen mich zur\u00fcck sehne,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">zu deinen Ufern, um geborgen, umgeben von gr\u00fcnen Auen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">deinem ewig flie\u00dfenden Strom des Lebens zu lauschen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ben_kerckx-germany-7264701_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-921\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5014746298533421;width:215px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ben_kerckx-germany-7264701_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ben_kerckx-germany-7264701_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ben_kerckx-germany-7264701_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ben_kerckx-germany-7264701_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Rhine River<\/strong><\/em>, as a child, I was already magically drawn to your river banks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sat there, did feel the power of your waters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">carving their ways for millions of years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">through basalt rocks into lovely valleys, with hills and vineyards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">proud fortresses and castles on the top. Watching mighty barges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bringing life to the cities, followed by their waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Rhine River<\/strong><\/em>, when I was a child you carried my dreams along with you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on your steadily streaming waves, to distant lands, new people and the sea,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">until I one day reached the endless ocean, and I am longing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">back to your banks, to listen cradled by your medows, your eternally flowing stream of life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhein, bereits als Kind haben mich deine Ufer magisch angezogen, wo ich sa\u00df, die Kraft deiner Wasser zu sp\u00fcren, die [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/germanpoetry.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}