Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Koblenz, Germany

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 95 m
Descend 188 m

Explore Koblenz in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in KoblenzIndividual Sights in Koblenz

Sight 1: Maria-Himmelfahrt-Kirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Maria Himmelfahrt (Koblenz) (DE), Website

1624 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 2: Rheinanschlusskaserne

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The Rhine Connection Barracks was a barracks complex in the southern suburbs of Koblenz, the oldest part of which was completed in 1827.

Wikipedia: Rheinanschlusskaserne (DE)

1139 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 3: Kurfürstliches Schloss

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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.

Wikipedia: Electoral Palace, Koblenz (EN), Website

1218 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Weinbrunnen

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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.

Wikipedia: Weinbrunnen (Koblenz) (DE)

892 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 5: Kaiserin-Augusta-Denkmal

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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.

Wikipedia: Kaiserin-Augusta-Denkmal (Koblenz) (DE)

449 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Sankt Josef

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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.

Wikipedia: St. Josef (Koblenz) (DE), Website

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