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Eigenbetrieb der Stadt Koblenz
Bahnhofplatz 7 - 56068 Koblenz
Phone: 0261/303880 - Fax 0261/3038811
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About the city, What to see & do

Coblenz in pre-1926 German spellings; Coblence in French.
Situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and its monument (Emperor William I on horseback) are situated.
The Roman Camp "Castellum apud Confluentes" is the origin of the city of Koblenz that is now located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is one of the most beautifully-situated cities in Europe. It is also famous for its Old Town, the Rhine Promenades, the variety of sights like the "Deutsches Eck" (German Corner), where the rivers Rhine and Mosel meet, and of course the vineyards of the area.

Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, and today it is the third largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The old city was triangular in shape, two sides being bounded by the Rhine and Mosel and the third by a line of fortifications. The city, down to 1890, consisted of the Altstadt (old city) and the Neustadt (new city) or Klemenstadt. Of these, the Altstadt is closely built and has only a few fine streets and squares, while the Neustadt possesses numerous broad streets and a handsome frontage to the Rhine.

Deutsches Eck
The colonisation by the Order of German Knights at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers resulted in this  place being dubbed the "Deutsches Eck". A statue of the Emperor Wilhelm I erected here in 1897, was destroyed in 1945. A replica was placed back on the pedestal on 2nd September 1993 and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world.

Liebfrauenkirche
This is a basilica with five-axis pillars. It was built between 1180 and 1250. The new construction of the Gothic chancel had begun in 1404 while the baroque onion towers date back to 1693.

Florinskirche
This basilica with its three naves dates back to the 12th-century. Beneath the Gothic apse there are the remains of a Roman city wall watchtower. Opposite, where the vicarage belonging to the Church of our Beloved Lady now stands, is the site where the central section of the Franconian royal court originally stood in the 16th-century.

Haus Metternich at the Münzplatz
In some areas of the Münzplatz, parts of a Roman earth fort were discovered. Fürst Metternich was born in the "Haus Metternich" in 1773. He later served the Austrian Empire as a Foreign Secretary and State Chancellor. He presided over the Vienna Congress in 1814-15, then Koblenz became the seat of the government buildings in the Prussian Rhine province.

Alte Burg
Heinrich van Finstingen, Elector of Trier, built his castle in the 13th-century - as a counterweir against the citizens of Koblenz striving for independence. Originally the castle was the seat of the ministerial family von der Arken. Today the municipal archives are kept in the building.

Rathaus (Town Hall)
The two buildings of the town hall were originally a convent of the Jasuit order together with a high school. Town hall building no.II was built from 1694 to 1701. The building complex has served as Koblenz Town Hall since 1985. The late renaissance and early baroque house fronts can be easily distinguished fromw each other. The frescoes over the staircase in building no.I, works of the Italian artist Lucaes, are also worth a visit.

The Schängel Fountain (naughty boy) in the courtyard of the present Town Hall of Koblenz is surrounded by beautiful Renaissance and Baroque buildings. It was built in 1940, dedicated to the poet Josef Cornelius and took its name from the French "Jean", what means young boy. The fountain is a monument to mischievous Koblenz scallywags and provides a little entertainment to its onlookers.

The Four Towers are four stone oriels flanking the crossroads of the Marktstrasse and Löhrstrasse. After the destruction of the city by the French in 1688 an uniform design was used for the restoration of old and the addition of new buildings. The towers are on the St. Peter house (1691), the Green Tree house (1692, rebuilt 1950), the Haus Raffauf (1608) and the red Haus Eierstock.

Twin towns