joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz. Occupying the position of an earlier fortress destroyed by the French in 1801, it was built as...
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Koblenz Fortress was part of a Prussian fortress system near the city of Koblenz in Germany which consisted of the city fortifications of Koblenz and...
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strengthened the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein that still dominates the city.[citation needed] When the French Revolution broke out, Koblenz became a popular...
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Mazza [de] becomes mayor. 1814 – Town occupied by Russian forces. 1815 – Koblenz Fortress construction begins near town. 1822 – Town becomes seat of the Rhine...
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Middle Rhine (section Castles, fortresses and palaces)
526) to Koblenz (Rhine-kilometer 593) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a striking cultural landscape with more than 40 castles and fortresses from the...
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fortifying several fortresses, including in Cologne, Poznań and Königsberg. In his honor, in the Poznań Fortress and Koblenz Fortress forts were given the...
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The Koblenz cable car (German: Seilbahn Koblenz) is an aerial lift that was opened in 2010 in Koblenz, Germany for the Bundesgartenschau (a biennial exhibition)...
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Deutsches Eck (category Koblenz)
onwards. The Order's premises were refurbished as part of the Prussian Koblenz Fortress. Later in the 19th century, the area was linked by a pier with a downstream...
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Ehrenbreitstein Koblenz Fortress Fort Asterstein Fort Großfürst Konstantin Electoral Palace Neuendorfer Flesche Schloss Philippsburg Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz Schloss...
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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...
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participated in the Koblenz Fortress Plays for several years. In the 2009/2010 season, it was renamed from Theater der Stadt Koblenz to its current name...
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Fort Konstantin (Germany) (redirect from Fort Grand Duke Constantine (Koblenz))
historical fortress in Koblenz-Karthause district of Koblenz, Germany, built in 1827/1828. It was part of the Prussian fortress system of Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein...
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suggested route would pass close to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, part of the Koblenz Fortress system. Therefore, in 1853 the Prussian War Ministry declared...
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area, the Basilica of St. Castor in Koblenz Rhein in Flammen in 2011, before the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress at Koblenz Burg Stahleck Castle Middle Rhine Valley...
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Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology (redirect from Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz)
Museum Koblenz and Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz (WTS-Koblenz) is the official Bundeswehr's Defense Technology Study Collection in Koblenz. It is...
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century. Since 1984, it has been in display in the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz. The possession of the cannon moved several times between Germany...
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Federal Horticultural Show 2011 (category Koblenz)
Kastor with the plateau in front of the fortress. Unlike previous garden shows, the staging area in Koblenz was mainly in the centre of the city and...
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Koblenz-Lützel station is the oldest still-operating station in the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built at the same...
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Memorial (German: Ehrenmal des Deutschen Heeres) at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz is a war memorial inaugurated in 1972 on behalf of the modern German...
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western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is in its basin as it includes the Sauer and the...
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Prussian government building by the Rhine in Koblenz. The U.S. flag flew over Koblenz's Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on the Rhine's east bank. In July 1919, the...
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The Fortress of Mainz was a fortressed garrison town between 1620 and 1918. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, under the term of the 1815 Peace of Paris...
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other point. By 1835 the works about Mainz were completed; the twin fortresses of Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, and Cologne had been abundantly strengthened...
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from the 16th century onward, the main residence of the Elector was in Koblenz. The electorate was secularized in 1803 in the course of the German mediatisation...
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Eltz Castle (category Buildings and structures in Mayen-Koblenz)
Eltz) is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of House of Eltz who...
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(German: Schloss Stolzenfels) is a former medieval fortress castle ("Burg") turned into a palace, near Koblenz on the left bank of the Rhine, in the state of...
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Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. The town has 13 suburban...
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Bundesgartenschau. Official website BUGA 2011 in Koblenz BUGA-aera of the Fortress Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz BUGA 2009 in Schwerin BUGA 2007 in Gera/Ronneburg...
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butter-churn tower. Of the 40 hill castles between Bingen am Rhein and Koblenz the Marksburg was one of only two which had never been destroyed (the other...
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garrisoned, and the Rhine was guarded by the three strong fortresses of Cologne with Deutz, Koblenz with Ehrenbreitstein, and Wesel. The province sent 35...
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