Above  Weissenthurm  are  lime-kilns  and  a  manufactory  for  pre-
paring the  Engers  stone  (see  below) ;  then  Urmit*  and  Kaltencngers,
opposite  —

1.  Engers  (Zur  Romerbrucke ;  Restaurant  Wettels,  opposite  the
railway-station),  formerly  'Kunostein-Engeri,  the  ancient  capital  of
the  Engersgau.  In  1386  Archbishop  Kuno  von  Falkenstein  (p.  104)
erected  a  castle  here  with  a  round  tower  (the  ivy-clad  trunk  of
which  rises  below  the  chateau),  to  protect  the  navigators  of  the  Rhine
from  the  rapacious  Counts  of  the  Westerwald.  The  adjoining  cha-
teau, now  a  Prussian  military  school,  was  erected  in  1758  by  Elec-
tor Johann  Philipp  von  Walderdorf .  To  the  left  a  retrospect  of  Mon-
repos  is  obtained,  to  the  right  a  view  of  the  Camillenberg  or  Kar-
melenberg  (1214  ft. ;  4y2  M.  from  the  river),  near  Bassehheim.
Near  (lj  Muhlhofen,  where  the  Saynbach  falls  into  the  Rhine,
is  the  foundry  of  that  name;  farther  back  the  Concordia  Foundry.
On  a  hill  in  the  background  of  the  valley  rises  the  ruined  castle  of
Sayn  (p.  70).
On  both  banks  of  the  river  here  is  dug  up  a  peculiar  kind  of  pumice-
stone  conglomerate  (p.  87).  It  is  cut  into  squares,  mixed  with  mortar,
and  dried,  and  is  much  valued  as  a  building  material  for  inside  walls.
1.  Bendorf(j>.  70),  at  some  distance  from  the  river ;  farther  up
(r.),  the  villages  of  St.  Sebastian  and  Kesselheim,  opposite  the
island  of  Niederwerth,  which  conceals  the  town  of  (1.)  Vallendar
(P-  70).
On  the  long  island  of  Niederwerth  is  a  dilapidated  village,  with
a  convent-church  built  in  1500,  containing  a  carved  altar-piece
and  fragments  of  good  stained  glass.  Edward  III.  of  England  re-
sided here  for  a  short  time  in  1337,  and  had  several  interviews  with
the  Emp.  Lewis  and  other  princes.
