Koblenz, Germany: General travel information
Koblenz, area 105 km², population 106 000, federal state: Rhineland-Palatinate.
Koblenz is one of the oldest cities of Germany, the town arose from a roman fort named Confluentes. It is situated at the outfall of the Moselle river into the Rhine river.
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Main sights:
- Museum of the middle rhine
- Deutsches Eck (literally translated German corner), on a spit of land on the outfall of the Moselle river into the Rhine river with a monument for Emperor Wilhelm I., built 1875
- Festung Koblenz und Ehrenbreitstein, fortification complex
- Festung Ehrenbreitstein, fortification, built in the 16th century
- Fort Asterstein, fortification, built 1818 - 1828
- Feste Kaiser Franz, Fortification Emperor Franz (Francis II) Joseph Karl von Habsburg - Lothringen, built 1816 - 1822
- Fort Grossfuerst Konstantin, fortification, built 1822 - 1827
- Alte Burg Koblenz, castle built in the 13th century
- Balduinbruecke, bridge across the Moselle river, built of stone in the 14th century
- Kurfuerstliches Schloss, palace built 1777 - 1793 by Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony
- Mutter Beethoven Haus, birth place of the mother of Ludwig van Beethoven
- City Theater, built 1787 by leading architect Peter Joseph Krahe
- Basilica St. Kastor, basilica minor, first building documentary mentioned constructed from 817 - 836, remaining buildings constructed between 1150 - 1220
- Florinskirche, protestant church, built around 1100, gothic choir
- Liebfrauenkirche, built from 1180 - 1205, gothic choir from 1430
- Jesuitenkirche, church built from 1613 - 1617, destroyed 1944, reconstructed 1956
- St. Jakobus church, one naval gothic church from the 14th century
- St. Josef Kirche, neo romanesque basilica built by leading architect Josef Kleesattel
- Herz Jesu Kirche, neo romanesque basilica built by leading architect Ludwig Becker from 1900 - 1903
- Second division soccer club: TUS Koblenz
Airports:
Frankfurt Hahn airport (HHN), 55 km from city center