Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Koblenz, Germany

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Altes Kaufhaus (Koblenz) (DE)

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.

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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.

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The Peter Cemetery Chapel is a chapel of the Order of the Merciful Brothers of Maria Hilf in the old town of Koblenz. The first mother house of the Order founded by Peter Friedhofen was here.

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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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Alte Münze (Koblenz) (DE)