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Koblenz Unmissables

Explore the 2,000-year history of Koblenz at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers. This list features the city's strategic defensive works, including the massive Prussian Ehrenbreitstein Fortress and the medieval Old Castle. Architectural highlights range from the Romanesque Liebfrauenkirche to the neoclassical Electoral Palace. The selection also includes unique local landmarks like the spitting Schängelbrunnen fountain and the mechanical Augenroller, alongside the high-capacity cable car that provides transit between the historic riverfront and the hilltop fortifications.

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Deutsches Eck

Deutsches Eck is the name of a headland in Koblenz, Germany, where the Mosel river joins the Rhine.

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Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

One of Europe's largest 19th-century Prussian fortifications, situated 118 meters above the Rhine. It houses the State Museum of Koblenz and offers panoramic views of the UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

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Seilbahn Koblenz

An aerial tramway spanning 890 meters across the Rhine. It connects the riverbank near St. Castor Basilica to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, featuring 18 cabins, including one with a glass floor for downward views of the river.

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Electoral Palace, Koblenz

The Electoral Palace in Koblenz, was the residence of the last Archbishop and Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, who…

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Basilica of St. Castor

The Basilica of St. Castor is the oldest church in Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate.

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Schängelbrunnen

Located in the Town Hall courtyard, this bronze fountain commemorates the city's 'Schängel' nickname. The statue of a mischievous boy periodically spits a stream of water several meters at unsuspecting passersby.

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Liebfrauenkirche

A Catholic church at the highest point of the old town, featuring a mix of Romanesque architecture, a Gothic choir, and distinctive 17th-century Baroque onion domes added after the city was shelled in 1688.

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Old Castle

The Old Castle was a former Elector-owned, substantial water castle in the German city of Koblenz, incepted in the 13th century.

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Historiensäule

A ten-meter-high column fountain in Josef-Görres-Platz. Its ten stacked tiers depict chronological scenes from city history, including Roman settlement, the medieval wine trade, and the destruction of World War II.

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Augenroller

A mechanical face located beneath the clock of the Old Merchant’s Hall. Every half hour, the figure rolls its eyes and sticks out its tongue, commemorating the 16th-century execution of robber knight Johann Lutter von Kobern.

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Baldwin Bridge, Koblenz

The Baldwin Bridge is a stone arch bridge over the Moselle in Koblenz, Germany.