Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Koblenz, Germany

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 12.1 km
Ascend 332 m
Descend 233 m

Experience Koblenz in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in KoblenzIndividual Sights in Koblenz

Sight 1: St. Laurentius

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The parish church of St. Laurentius is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The parish church in the Moselweiß district was built at the beginning of the 13th century and underwent several conversions and additions over time. It bears the patronage of St. Lawrence of Rome.

Wikipedia: St. Laurentius (Koblenz) (DE)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Ludwig Fresenius Schulen

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The Salesian convent of Koblenz was a convent of the Order of the Visitation of Mary in Koblenz. The nunnery 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.

Wikipedia: Salesianerinnenkloster Koblenz (DE), Website

1810 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 3: St. Franziskus Kirche

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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.

Wikipedia: St. Franziskus (Koblenz) (DE)

1138 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: Sankt Elisabeth

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The parish church of St. Elisabeth is a Catholic church in Koblenz, Germany. The church, built in the Rauental district, is one of the most important churches of the 1950s on the Middle Rhine. Since 2012, it has been used mainly as a youth church "X-Ground". It bears the patronage of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia.

Wikipedia: St. Elisabeth (Koblenz) (DE)

1117 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: Alte Burg

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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.

Wikipedia: Old Castle (Koblenz) (EN)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Florinskirche

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The Florinskirche is a Protestant church in the old town of Koblenz. The church building, which was built around 1100 and dominates the city skyline, belonged to the canons' monastery of St. Florin, which was secularized in 1802. After that, 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. The Florinskirche, together with the Bürresheimer Hof, the Altes Kaufhaus and the Schöffenhaus, forms an ensemble of four historic buildings on Florinsmarkt. It is owned in equal parts by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the legal succession of Prussia, and the Protestant parish of Koblenz-Mitte.

Wikipedia: Florinskirche (Koblenz) (DE), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Schöffenhaus

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The aldermen's house was the seat of the Electoral Court of Trier for the city of Koblenz. Built between 1528 and 1530 in the late Gothic style, the building housed part of the Middle Rhine Museum until 2013. Together with the Bürresheimer Hof, the Altes Kaufhaus and the Florinskirche, it forms an ensemble of four historic buildings on Florinsmarkt.

Wikipedia: Schöffenhaus (Koblenz) (DE)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Peter-Friedhofen-Kapelle

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The Peter-Friedhofen chapel is a chapel of the order of the Merciful Brothers of Maria Hilf in the old town of Koblenz. Here was the first parent house of the order founded by Peter Friedhofen.

Wikipedia: Peter-Friedhofen-Kapelle (DE)

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Alte Münze

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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 these were demolished except for the mint master's house. Today, the Münzplatz in Koblenz's old town is located in this area.

Wikipedia: Alte Münze (Koblenz) (DE)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Ehemalige Stadtkommandantur Koblenz

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Ehemalige Stadtkommandantur Koblenz Lutz Hartmann / CC BY-SA 3.0

The former Stadtkommandantur Koblenz is a building in Koblenz, Germany. The front is located on the Am Plan square. The building has been used over time as both a town hall and 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 in the last third of the 18th century.

Wikipedia: Ehemalige Stadtkommandantur Koblenz (DE)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Liebfrauenkirche

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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. Kastor 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 to 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.

Wikipedia: Liebfrauenkirche (Koblenz) (DE), Website

17 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Michaelskapelle

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The Michaelskapelle is a former cemetery chapel in the old town of Koblenz. The chapel is located right next to the Church of Our Lady and bears the patronage of the Archangel Michael.

Wikipedia: Michaelskapelle (Koblenz) (DE)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Brunnen am Plan

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The fountain Am Plan is a classicist fountain in the old town of Koblenz on the square Am Plan. In addition to the obelisk on Deinhardplatz and the Castor Fountain, the Am Plan fountain is one of the last testimonies to the early water supply in Koblenz.

Wikipedia: Brunnen Am Plan (DE)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Johannes-Müller-Denkmal

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The Johannes Müller Monument in Koblenz is a monument in honor of the physician Johannes Müller, who was born in the city. It is located in the old town in the center of Jesuitenplatz in front of the town hall of the city of Koblenz.

Wikipedia: Johannes-Müller-Denkmal (Koblenz) (DE)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Schängelbrunnen

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Schängel is a dialect name (Ortsneckname) for the boys born in the city of Koblenz. Koblenz is also often referred to as the "Schängel city". In 1914, a carnival song was dedicated to the Schängeln and in 1941 a fountain was built for them in the town hall courtyard, which became a landmark of the city.

Wikipedia: Schängel (DE)

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Jesuitenkirche

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The Jesuit Church of St. John the Baptist, today also called Citykirche, is a branch church of the Catholic parish of St. Kastor in Koblenz. 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.

Wikipedia: Jesuitenkirche (Koblenz) (DE)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Historiensäule

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The History Column is the essential part of a fountain on Josef-Görres-Platz in the old town of Koblenz. It was given to the city in 1992 by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate on the occasion of its 2000th anniversary. However, the fountain created by the sculptor Jürgen Weber, including the history column, was not completed and handed over to the city until 1 June 2000 due to illness. 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.

Wikipedia: Historiensäule (DE), Url

248 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Clemensbrunnen

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The Clemensbrunnen 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 standing on Deinhardplatz in front of the theater. It received its name from its builder, the last Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony.

Wikipedia: Clemensbrunnen (Koblenz) (DE)

410 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Struktur- und Genehmigungsdirektion Nord

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The Structure and Approval Directorate North in Koblenz is a higher state authority that is responsible for certain tasks in the north of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate as well as for some tasks throughout the state.

Wikipedia: Struktur-_und_Genehmigungsdirektion_Nord (DE), Website

423 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Koblenzer Hof

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The former Grand-Hotel Coblenzer Hof is a monumental hotel building in the Rhine facilities 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.

Wikipedia: Koblenzer Hof (Koblenz) (DE)

372 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Basilika Sankt Kastor

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The Basilica of St. Castor is the oldest church in Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate. It is located near Deutsches Eck at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle. A fountain called Kastorbrunnen was built in front of the basilica during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. Pope John Paul II raised St. Castor to a basilica minor on 30 July 1991. This church is worth seeing for the historical events that have occurred in it, its extensive Romanesque construction and its largely traditional furnishings.

Wikipedia: Basilica of St. Castor (EN), Website

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Adolf Appel

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71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: St. Jakobus

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St. James is a chapel of the Old Catholic parish in Koblenz, Germany. The Gothic church, built in 1355, 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 community is James the Elder. The Koblenz congregation belongs to the Old Catholic Church in Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Jakobus (Koblenz) (DE)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Kastorbrunnen

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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.

Wikipedia: Kastorbrunnen (EN)

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Peter-Altmeier-Denkmal

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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 facilities (Peter-Altmeier-Ufer) not far from the Deutsches Eck.

Wikipedia: Peter-Altmeier-Denkmal (Koblenz) (DE)

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 26: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal

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Deutsches Eck may refer to:The union of the Rhine and Moselle with a monumental equestrian statue, see Kaiser Wilhelm Monument at the Deutsches Eck (traffic), a corridor between Salzburg and Kufstein

Wikipedia: Deutsches Eck (DE)

1620 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 27: Dikasterialgebäude

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Dikasterialgebäude

The Philippsburg palace ) was a former Baroque-style palace in Ehrenbreitstein, a district of the city of Koblenz in Germany. It was situated on the banks of the Rhine river, below the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. Constructed between 1626 and 1632 by Philipp Christoph von Sötern (1567–1652), Prince-Elector of Trier, it served as the main residence of the Archbishops and Prince-Electors of Trier until 1786. The palace had similarities to Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, as they have the same architect.

Wikipedia: Schloss Philippsburg (Koblenz) (EN)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 28: Wache am Helfenstein

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Wache am Helfenstein

Helfenstein Castle is a defunct spur castle on the Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz, Germany. It was built around 1160 on a mountain spur south of the Electoral Trier castle of Ehrenbreitstein by the von Helfenstein family. Both castles were separated from each other by a deep gorge. The family initially served on the Ehrenbreitstein, but expanded its domain around 1300 with the construction of the Sporkenburg and Mühlenbach Castle.

Wikipedia: Burg Helfenstein (Koblenz) (DE)

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 29: Denkmal für das Infanterie-Regiment „von Goeben“ Nr. 28

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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, erected in 1930, is located in the courtyard of Fort Helfenstein in Koblenz, which is located in front of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. After the partial destruction in 1945, only the base of the monument remains as a memorial stone.

Wikipedia: Denkmal für das Infanterie-Regiment „von Goeben“ Nr. 28 (DE)

1411 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 30: Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

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Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the east bank of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz.

Wikipedia: Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (EN), Website

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