European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine Rudesheim narrow worldwide Fame bymaryn6th staff writer they dont Roll up the streets in the Lively Rhine wine town of a Eidesheim but right now  sell you a bit of for 12 Marks you can buy a piece of Cobblestone from the Drossel the most famous Street of the Middle the stones Are set with a medal attesting to their ride Rheims mayor indicates they Are a bargain at he notes the City int making Money on the Rocky Drossel Gasse Thrush lined with wine houses Many with bands one Long carnival throughout most of through its top season and youll find it Elbow to Elbow with the City fathers boast that the two narrow for car is made to order for wine drinkers who May have had a Glass too they can lurch along with a steadying Wall never too far in any the Drossel Gasse rocks from noon until 1 take a at one wine customers Are grooving on the smooth old sound of big band Glen Miller across the Street a Ger Man oomph band lets Down the Street a Western Singer wails its pure Ca and up at the top of Drossel Gasse on theres even a Day night spot with an Al filipino girl has More to offer than the hurl Burly of Drossel Gasse with its shops and bands and souvenir shops and snack originally a 6thcentury Frari Corvian settlement the Home Heim of Rudo has what is said to be the oldest Burg or fortress in the Central the Bromser Burg was built in 900 and served As a Refuge and living quarters for the archbishops of Mainz Dur ing the 10th and 12th it then was Given to the knights von a Eidesheim for a Short in the 13lh Century was a fearful robbers Bromser Burg belongs to the town and houses the rheingau Folk and wine follow the red Arrow from the Garden lined with wooden wine presses to rooms displaying years of wine history from ancient Stone pottery and roman wine jugs to fancy Early Rhine wine from the Tower theres a View Over a Eidesheim up to the museum is open daily except mondays from 9 to and 2 to Young people under for another quite of town and theres the Cable car trip to the Niederwald the Small car ride the lift leaves from Obe Strasse gently swings you up the slopes Over Lush the Niederwald Monument a huge Germania female figure dates Back 200 years and commemorates the end of the German French War and a new German nearby the youll also find a the if this int you can take a ride through the vineyards on the Rii Mesheimer express a mini train join a tour of a winery or the Asbach ural distillery or visit Siegfried mechanical music Kabi net on Obe Strasse which features the largest collection of self playing musical instruments in the tourist information office on Rhine Strasse can provide full details of sightseeing possibilities in the that the where you can Purchase those Drossel Gasse april 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13