59 Sights in Koblenz, Germany (with Map and Images)
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The Church of Our Lady is a Catholic church in the center of the old town of Koblenz. Together with the other two Romanesque churches, the former collegiate churches of St. Castor and St. Florin, it shapes the silhouette of the old town. The beginnings of the church, which is located at the highest point of the old town, date back to the 5th century. From the late Middle Ages until the French Revolution, it was the main parish church of Koblenz. It bears the patronage of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and is a major work of medieval sacred architecture on the Middle Rhine.
The Kaiser Wilhelm monument at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz was erected between 1895 and 1897 by Bruno Schmitz and Emil Hundrieser in monumental style. The equestrian statue in front of a colonnade depicts the first German Emperor Wilhelm I accompanied by a figure of Victoria. The 44-metre-high monument is one of the sights of Rhineland-Palatinate and one of Germany's national monuments.
3. Florinskirche
The Florinskirche is a Protestant church in the old town of Koblenz, Germany. The church building, built around 1100 and dominating the city's skyline, belonged to the monastery of St. Florin, which was secularized in 1802. In 1820 it was assigned to the Protestant parish of Koblenz. The early medieval church building is a prime example of Romanesque sacred architecture on the Middle Rhine. Together with the Bürresheimer Hof, the Old Department Store and the Schöffenhaus, the Florinskirche forms an ensemble of four historic buildings on the Florinsmarkt. It is owned equally by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the legal succession of Prussia, and the Protestant parish of Koblenz-Mitte.
4. Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung
The Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology also known as Wehrtechnisches Museum Koblenz and Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz (WTS-Koblenz) is the official Bundeswehr's Defense Technology Study Collection in Koblenz. It is one of Germany's important technical military exhibitions, with about 30,000 objects on an exhibition area of around 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft). It is known as one of the most extensive collections of its kind internationally. The main focus of the museum is on defense technology and the military science library. It is a subsidiary of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support.
Wikipedia: Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology (EN), Website
5. Feste Kaiser Franz
The permanent emperor Franz, also called Franz, was part of the Prussian fortress in Koblenz and the main work of the system Federate Emperor Franz. The fortress on the Petersberg in today's Koblenz district of Lützel was completed in 1822. After its grinding in 1922, large remains of the fortress in 1959 were blown up. The two side ends of the semicircular reduction and the throat tower at the foot of the Petersberg have been preserved. It was given its name after the Austrian Emperor Franz I, an ally Prussia in the Holy Alliance against Napoleon in the wars of liberation.
6. Ehrenmal des Heeres
The Memorial of the German Army at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz is a memorial inaugurated in 1972 for the fallen German Army soldiers in the two world wars and, since 2006, also for the Bundeswehr members of the Army who died in foreign missions and peacetime operations. The patron of the memorial is the Inspector of the Army. At his side and responsible for the maintenance of the memorial is the Kuratorium Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres e.V. The owner of the memorial and at the same time of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
7. Alte Burg
The Old Castle was a former Elector-owned, substantial water castle in the German city of Koblenz, incepted in the 13th century. It is today reduced to the later Burghaus ; which houses the city archives. It sits on tall foundations and has a tall, black slate roof with further floors in the attic and two small cupolas. The lowland castle abutted the remaining building in the old town quarter. The castle house stands tall, next to the Moselle's right-bank towpath downstream of the strategic Baldwin Bridge built in 1342. The bridge, much-repaired, remains intact.
8. Kaiserin-Augusta-Denkmal
The Empress Augusta Monument in Koblenz was erected in honour of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the wife of Wilhelm I and German Empress. The monument stands in the southern section of the Rhine Gardens initiated by Augusta as a landscape park in the Südliche Vorstadt district and was inaugurated on 18 October 1896, six years after her death. The Augusta sculpture in the monument is by Karl Friedrich Moest. The monument itself was planned and built by Bruno Schmitz, who is also the creator of the Deutsches Eck (German Corner), two kilometres down the Rhine.
9. Weinbrunnen
The Weinbrunnen, also known as the Traubeträgerbrunnen, is a fountain in the Rhine Gardens of Koblenz, Germany. The wine fountain, created in 1928, was originally erected in front of the Rheinhalle on the former event site of the "Reich Exhibition of German Wine" of 1925. Removed during the debris clearance after the Second World War, the grape bearer sculpture of the fountain found a new home in the wine village. On the initiative of the Förderverein Rheinanlagen e.V., the complete wine fountain was rebuilt in 2013 on a meadow in front of the wine village.
10. Barbara-Denkmal
The Barbara Monument, also known as the Artillery Monument, is a monument inaugurated in 1907 on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring in Koblenz, Germany. It was built in honour of the soldiers of the Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 8, which was stationed in Koblenz from 1820 to 1887, who died in the wars of unification in the 19th century. The war memorial was damaged during the air raids on Koblenz and was finally dismantled in 1956 in the course of road construction work. In the fall of 2014, the restored monument was re-erected near its original location.
11. Historiensäule
The History Column is the main part of a fountain on Josef-Görres-Platz in the old town of Koblenz. It was donated to the city in 1992 by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate for the 2000th anniversary celebrations. However, due to illness, the fountain and historical column, created by the sculptor Jürgen Weber, were not completed and handed over to the city until 1 June 2000. The 10.59-metre-high, 3.6-tonne and 1.25 million DM column tells the moving 2000-year history of the city of Koblenz in ten pictures from Roman times to the present day.
12. Jüdischer Friedhof Koblenz
The Jewish Cemetery in Koblenz is a well-preserved burial ground of the Jewish community in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. The Jewish cemetery in the district of Rauental, which was first established in 1303, is bordered to the north by today's synagogue of the Jewish community of Koblenz and the surrounding districts, which served as a mourning hall until 1947. In its history, the cemetery has been dismantled and destroyed several times, but has always been re-established by the Jewish community in Koblenz.
13. Dikasterialgebäude
Philippsburg Castle was part of the Electoral Residence in Ehrenbreitstein, which is now a district of Koblenz. The Electors and Archbishops of Trier resided here from 1632 to 1786. The castle was so damaged in 1801 when the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was blown up by the French that it had to be demolished. Nothing remains of the castle, which was one of the largest and most important baroque buildings on the Rhine. Only the neighbouring buildings belonging to the castle have survived the passage of time.
14. St. Jakobus
St. Jakobus is a chapel of the Old Catholic parish in Koblenz, Germany. Built in 1355, the Gothic church was originally a cemetery chapel of the Teutonic Order. It is located opposite the Castor Church and is attached to the south wing of the former Leyensche Hof, which today houses the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Roads and Transport. The patron saint of the chapel and the parish is James the Elder. The Koblenz congregation belongs to the Old Catholic Church in Germany.
15. Maria-Hilf-Kapelle
Maria Hilf was a Catholic parish and pilgrimage church in Koblenz, Germany. It was completed in 1953 in the Lützel district and was attached to the Maria Hilf Chapel, which had already been built between 1905 and 1907. It is under the patronage of St. Mary, Mother of Jesus, in her function as a help to Christians. In January 2017, the church was profaned and demolished in May of the same year, but the older chapel has been preserved and is being restored.
16. Wache am Helfenstein
Helfenstein Castle is an abandoned spur castle on the Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz, Germany. It was built around 1160 on a mountain spur south of Ehrenbreitstein Castle in the Electorate of Trier by the von Helfenstein family. Both castles were separated from each other by a deep gorge. The family initially served on the Ehrenbreitstein, but around 1300 they expanded their domain with the construction of the Sporkenburg and Mühlenbach Castle.
17. Klosterkirche St. Franziskus, St. Philippus Ap. und Karl Borromäus
The Koblenz Capuchin monastery was a monastery in Koblenz, which was operated from 1627 to 2008 with interruptions by Capuchiners. From 1908 to 2007, the monastery in the Ehrenbreitstein district was the seat of the provincial administration of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Order Province. The St. Franziskus baroque church belongs to the monastery complex. Since 2013, parts of the monastery have been used by a convent by the German Order.
18. Altes Kaufhaus
The Old Department Store, also known as the Old Department and Dance House, is a medieval building in the Old Town of Koblenz, Germany. Built from 1419 to 1425 in the late Gothic style, the building underwent a baroque conversion in 1724 and housed the Middle Rhine Museum from 1965 to 2013. Together with the Bürresheimer Hof, the Schöffenhaus and the Florinskirche, it forms an ensemble of four historic buildings on the Florinsmarkt.
19. Koblenzer Hof
The former Grand Hotel Coblenzer Hof is a monumental hotel building in the Rhine area of Koblenz. Today, the building houses the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), but due to the risk of collapse, most of the building cannot be used. Together with the neighbouring Prussian government building, it forms an ensemble on the banks of the Rhine that characterises the cityscape.
20. Café Hahn
Café Hahn is a music and cabaret club in Koblenz, Germany. Located in the Güls district, the club was founded in 1981 by Karl Hubert Hahn. He took over the long-established café with a small supermarket from his father and turned it into the most important cultural club on the Middle Rhine. From 24 to 28 May 2006, the 25th anniversary was celebrated with a big festival and over 50 bands and artists in and around Café Hahn.
21. Kurfürstliches Schloss
The Electoral Palace in Koblenz, was the residence of the last Archbishop and Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, who commissioned the building in the late 18th century. In the mid-19th century, the Prussian Crown Prince had his official residence there during his years as military governor of the Rhine Province and the Province of Westphalia. It now houses various offices of the federal government.
22. Mosellum
The Mosellum – Adventure World – Fish Pass Koblenz is a visitor and information centre at the Koblenz barrage. In the course of the modernization of the fish pass, the Mosellum with an exhibition around the Moselle was also built and opened in 2011. The exhibition informs visitors on four levels about the topics of aquatic ecology, fish migration in the Moselle, shipping and power generation.
23. Ehemalige Stadtkommandantur Koblenz
The former Koblenz City Commandery is a building in Koblenz, Germany. The front is located on the square Am Plan. Over time, the building has been used both as a town hall and as a fire station. Today it is a residential building. The building is an example of strict baroque architecture based on the French model, which characterized Koblenz at the beginning and last third of the 18th century.
24. Sankt Josef
The parish church of St. Josef is a Catholic church in the southern suburb of Koblenz. It was built in the course of the southern city expansion at the end of the 19th century. Your cityscape -defining church tower is the highest in the city at 93 m. It bears the patronal feast of St. Josef, which is a signal of the Catholic Church's claim to Prussia a few years after the cultural struggle.
25. Herz-Jesu-Kirche
The Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic church in the old town of Koblenz, Germany, which was built as part of the southern expansion of the city from 1900 to 1903. It is one of the most important neo-Romanesque religious buildings in Germany. To the north of the parish church is the Löhr Center, an inner-city shopping center. The church is consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
26. Escarpe der Neuendorfer Flesche
The Neuendorfer Flesche was part of the Prussian fortress of Koblenz and belonged to the system of fortresses of Emperor Franz. Of the Flesche, which was completed in 1825 in today's Koblenz district of Lützel, only underground remains have been preserved in the area of the Rhine barracks after its demolition in 1910. It is named after the neighbouring district of Neuendorf.
27. Schöffenhaus
The Schöffenhaus was the seat of the Electorate of Trier's Court of Aldermen for the city of Koblenz. Built from 1528 to 1530 in the late Gothic style, the building housed part of the Middle Rhine Museum until 2013. Together with the Bürresheimer Hof, the Old Department Store and the Florinskirche, it forms an ensemble of four historic buildings on the Florinsmarkt.
28. Denkmal für das Infanterie-Regiment „von Goeben“ Nr. 28
The monument to the infantry regiment "Von Goeben" No. 28 is a monument in memory of the fallen soldiers of the infantry regiment "von Goeben" No. 28. The monument built in 1930 is located in the courtyard of the fortress for Helfenstein fortress in Koblenz. After the partial destruction in 1945, only the base of the monument has been preserved as a memorial stone.
Wikipedia: Denkmal für das Infanterie-Regiment „von Goeben“ Nr. 28 (DE)
29. St. Mauritius
The Parish Church of St. Mauritius is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The parish church is located at the highest point in the district of Rübenach and thus largely determines its silhouette. The church was built between 1862 and 1866 and has a special feature of a brick spire. She bears the patronage of St. Maurice, and the patron saint is St. Aldegundis.
30. Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche
The Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The former parish church in the Ehrenbreitstein district was built between 1962 and 1964 on the site of a predecessor building from the 18th century. The neighbouring Heribert Tower has served the church as a bell tower since 1848. The church is dedicated to the Holy Cross, on which Jesus died.
31. Ludwig Fresenius Schulen
The Salesian Convent of Koblenz was a convent of the Order of the Visitation of Mary in Koblenz, Germany. The nuns' convent, founded in 1863 in the Moselweiss district, was abandoned in 1986. After that, a sports boarding school moved in, and the monastery church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary was taken over by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X.
32. Alt-St. Servatius
Alt-St. Servatius is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The former parish church was built in the 13th century in the Güls district. After the late Swabian basilica had become too small, it was replaced only 160 metres away by the new parish church of St. Servatius, built between 1833 and 1840. It bears the patronage of St. Servatius of Tongern.
33. Clemensbrunnen
The Clemens Fountain is a fountain in the old town of Koblenz, Germany. The fountain, built in 1791, originally stood on Clemensplatz and was connected to the first electoral water pipe. Since 1970 it has been located on Deinhardplatz in front of the theatre. It got its name from its builder, the last Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony.
34. DB Museum Koblenz
The DB Museum in Koblenz was opened on 21 April 2001 as the first remote site of the Nuremberg Transport Museum. It is run by volunteer workers as part of the Stiftung Bahn-Sozialwerk (BSW), a kind of railway workers social service organisation, and has its origins in a BSW's 'Group for the Preservation of Historical Railway Vehicles' at Koblenz.
35. Joseph-Görres-Denkmal
The Joseph Görres monument in Koblenz was erected in honour of the publicist Joseph Görres, who was born in the city. The monument stands behind the Electoral Palace in the Rhine Gardens and was inaugurated on 24 June 1928. The bronze sculpture on a pedestal made of Rochlitz porphyry was created by the Düsseldorf sculptor Richard Langer.
36. Jesuitenkirche
The Jesuit Church of St. John the Baptist is a branch church of the Catholic parish of St. Kastor in Koblenz, Germany. It stands on the site of the 17th-century church on Jesuitenplatz, which was destroyed in 1944, next to the former Jesuit college, which now houses the Koblenz town hall. The patron saint of the church is John the Baptist.
37. Kriegerdenkmal 'Metternicher Eule'
Metternicher Eul (e) is a Prussian war memorial in Koblenz, which is located on the Kimmelberg in the Metternich district. The monument, which is now known as the Eul ', is actually an obelisk with eagle. In honor of fallen soldiers of the Prussian army from the municipality of Metternich, it was built and is now the symbol of Metternich.
38. Rheinburg
The Rheinburg is a castle-like villa in Koblenz, Germany. It is located in the Ehrenbreitstein district and goes back to the Klausenberg plant, which was built as part of the Ehrenbreitstein city fortifications between 1827 and 1833. Thus, this caponier belonged to the Niederehrenbreitstein system of the Prussian fortress of Koblenz.
39. St. Peter
St. Peter's Parish Church is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The first church building in the district of Neuendorf was completed in 1725 on the banks of the Rhine and extended at the beginning of the 20th century. It significantly shapes the silhouette of Neuendorf and bears the patronage of the Apostle Peter.
40. Maria-Himmelfahrt-Kirche
The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The parish church was built in 1959 in the district of Asterstein, which was founded later, on the ground plan of the Holy Rock. She carries the patronage after the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
41. Sankt Elisabeth
The parish church of St. Elisabeth is a Catholic church in Koblenz. The church built in the Rauental district is one of the most important churches in the 1950s on the Middle Rhine. Since 2012 it has mainly been used as a youth church “X-Ground”. It bears the patronal feast of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia.
42. St. Servatius
The parish church of St. Servatius is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The parish church was built between 1833 and 1840 in the district of Güls and replaces the old Servatius Church from the 13th century, which had become too small. It bears the patronage of St. Servatius of Tongern.
43. Schängelbrunnen
Schängel is a dialect name for boys born in the city of Koblenz. Koblenz is often referred to as the "Schängel City". In 1914, a carnival song was dedicated to the Schängeln and in 1941 a fountain was built to them in the courtyard of the town hall, which became a landmark of the city.
44. Christuskirche
The Christuskirche is a Protestant church in Koblenz, Germany. It is the first new Protestant church building in Koblenz, which was completed in 1904 as part of the southern expansion of the city, and belongs to the Koblenz church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.
45. Carolaturm
The Carolaturm is an observation tower in Koblenz, Germany. It stands on a steep slope to the Moselle in the district of Lay and offers a view of the Moselle valley and Winningen. The tower is a monument to the development of tourism and the instrumentalization of the landscape.
46. Grossheiligenhäuschen
The Großheiligenhäuschen is a Catholic chapel in Koblenz, Germany. The Heiligenhäuschen in the district of Güls was built in the 15th century outside the village on the road to Winningen and invited passers-by to pray and rest or offered them shelter in case of bad weather.
47. Pfarrkirche St. Martinus
The parish church of St. Martinus is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The parish church in the district of Lay was built in the first half of the 13th century and has undergone several alterations and extensions over time. It bears the patronage of St. Martin of Tours.
48. Mutter-Beethoven-Haus
The Mother Beethoven House in Koblenz is the birthplace of Maria Magdalena Keverich, the mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, where a museum has been set up since 1975. The house from the 17th century has been preserved to this day in the centre of Ehrenbreitstein.
49. St. Antonius Eremit
St. Antonius Eremit is a Catholic chapel in Koblenz, Germany. The chapel in Bisholder, a district of the Koblenz district of Güls, is a branch of the parish church of St. Servatius and was probably built in 1764. It bears the patronage of St. Anthony the Great.
50. Klausenbergkapelle
The Klausenberg Chapel is a chapel in Koblenz, Germany. The Marien Chapel, built in the 19th century, stands in the Ehrenbreitstein district and has a memorial plaque for the Electorate of Trier, Baron Arnold von Solemacher (1766–1795), who fell here in 1795.
51. Peter-Altmeier-Denkmal
The Peter Altmeier Monument in Koblenz is a monument in honor of the former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Peter Altmeier. The monument, which was inaugurated in 1981, is located in the Moselle area (Peter-Altmeier-Ufer) not far from the Deutsches Eck.
52. Alte Münze
The Old Mint is the former mint master's house of the Electoral Mint in Koblenz. Originally, the mint consisted of several buildings, but they were demolished except for the mint master's house. Today, this area is home to the Münzplatz in Koblenz's old town.
53. Marceau-Denkmal
The Marceau Monument is a monument in Koblenz in honour of the French general François Séverin Marceau (1769–1796). It is located in the French Cemetery in the Lützel district and was originally erected in 1797 as a tomb for Marceau on the Petersberg.
54. Brunnen am Plan
The Brunnen Am Plan is a neoclassical fountain in the old town of Koblenz on the Platz Am Plan. In addition to the obelisk on Deinhardplatz and the Castor Fountain, the Am Plan fountain is one of the last testimonies of the early water supply in Koblenz.
55. Rheinmuseum
The Rhein-Museum Koblenz is a cultural history museum in Koblenz, Germany, which shows life on the Rhine from various aspects. Founded in 1912, the museum focuses on shipping, ecology, hydrology, Rhine romanticism, tourism, economy and history.
56. Kastorbrunnen
The Kastorbrunnen in the forecourt of the Basilica of St. Kastor in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, is a curious testimony of the Napoleonic Wars. The fountain, built in 1812, was connected to the first aqueduct of the Elector Palatine.
57. Johannes-Müller-Denkmal
The Johannes Müller Monument in Koblenz is a monument in honor of the city-born physician Johannes Müller. It is located in the old town in the center of Jesuitenplatz in front of the town hall of the city of Koblenz.
58. Konradhaus
The Konradhaus is a cultural monument in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein, which was built in 1874 as a casino and officers' dormitory. Afterwards it was used by the Capuchin monastery in Koblenz and as a theatre.
59. St. Franziskus Kirche
The Parish Church of St. Francis is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The parish church, built in the Goldgrube district, was consecrated in 1969. It bears the patronage of St. Francis of Assisi.
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