The Middle Upper Rhine Valley is one of the 12 regions of Baden-Württemberg and includes the cities Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe as well as the rural districts Karlsruhe and Rastatt. The western border is marked by the river Rhine for about 80 kilometres; two of the neighbours of this region are the French Alsace and the German Pfalz. In the east, the region is dominated by the level lowland of the Rhine, followed by the small hills of the Kraichgau. In the south the Black Forest changes the scenery.

Photo: The Rhine, Germany´s biggest river, starts in the Switzerland Alps and passes through the Schaffhausen Cascades until it reaches the Rhine River Valley to continue its journey over 1233 kilometres until it joins the sea in the Netherlands. Natali Glado/Shutterstock.