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Koblenz owes his origin to the strategical foresight of the military leaders of the Roman empire. For protection reasons for the stream crossing of Heerstrasse; close of the Rhine Moselle confluence, the Romans established a fort in the 9-th century B.C. on the Moselle side:„ Castellum apud Confluentes“, soon„ Confluentia“ called.
Today Koblenz is a modern shopping centre and turntable of the international tourism. Koblenz is covered to two thirds with forest surfaces, water surfaces and green areas. The town lies on immediately two world-famous rivers, namely the Rhine and the Moselle and is surrounded by four middle mountainous regions.
Visitors from all over the world discover fast: A stroll by Koblenz is of full change and surprises. Rhenish wine taverns stand on Roman foundation walls. In the nice Old Town romantic corners and places compete with proud former nobility courts, town houses and venerable churches around the favour of the viewer.
Whether Kurfürstliches castle - a showpiece of early-classicistic architecture - castle Proud cliff as a symbol of Rhenish castle romanticism, high over the Rhine the monumental fortress Honorary wide stone or the German corner with emperor's Wilhelm Denkmal. They everything lend her face to the town. Culture wherever one goes.
Churches from Gothic, baroque and Romanesque epoch, how the basilica Saint Castor as well as numerous museums document the history years of age in 2000 of the town.
Nice formed pedestrian precincts, as well as cultivated Rhine and Moselle promenades invite for staying and an excursion on one of the smart ships is a special experience.
