The Rhineland-Palatinate city of Koblenz in 2011 host the National Garden Festival. As the exhibition area are described including the fortress Ehrenbreitstein, the Electoral Palace and the German Corner.
But the city not only attracts flower lovers in their spell. Koblenz can look back on more than two thousand years. After the settlement by the Romans in 9 AD, the "Castrum ad confluentes" (camp at the confluence) was established by which the city's present name derives Koblenz.
from 13 Koblenz century was the Elector of Trier as the residence city. draws visitors today, especially in the German corner, and flow together so well to the point where the Rhine and Mosel. On the 20-meter-high base, the imposing Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial towers.
The German Corner while offering up a unique view of the fortress Ehrenbreitstein, located on the opposite side of the Rhine on a giant rock formation at a height of over 100 meters. are from the German corner from just a short walk in the old part of town.
A special attraction for tourists and locals is the beautiful Münzplatz with his mint master from 1763 and the House of Metternich, in the 1773 the influential Prince Metternich was born.
The true hallmark of Koblenz is the Schängelbrunnen at the nearby Jesuit Square. On the fountain base recalls the "Schängelche" ("little Jean") to the time under French rule before Koblenz fell in 1815 to Prussia.
The old town also offers visitors some wonderful churches in confined spaces, such as the Romanesque Church of Our Lady, between 12 and 15 Century was built, or the Romanesque-Gothic Florin Church (12th-14th centuries). The Basilica of St. Castor
, the foundation stone in the 9th Century was laid acquired historic significance, as here in the year 843 the main features of the Treaty of Verdun were developed that resulted eventually in the breakdown of the Carolingian Empire.
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