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2. Koblenz - Wikipedia

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   Koblenz. /  50.35972°N 7.59778°E  / 50.35972; 7.59778. Koblenz ( UK: / koʊˈblɛnts / koh-BLENTS, US: / ˈkoʊblɛnts / KOH-blents, German: [ˈkoːblɛnts] ⓘ) is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C.

3. Rhine Gorge - Wikipedia

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   Rhine Gorge. /  50.1736°N 7.69417°E  / 50.1736; 7.69417. The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km section of the Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in Germany. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in June 2002 because of its beauty ...

4. Ehrenbreitstein Fortress - Wikipedia

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   Ehrenbreitstein is located on the eastern bank of the Rhine at Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It overlooks the confluence of the Mosel and the Rhine. The peak of the hill, which shares the name, is 118 metres above the Rhine. [1] : 2 It is the northernmost point of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley .

5. Rhine - Wikipedia

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   13,000 m 3 /s (460,000 cu ft/s) [2] The Rhine [note 2] ( / raɪn / RYNE) [3] is one of the major European rivers. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, and Swiss-German borders. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border ...

6. Deutsches Eck - Wikipedia

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   Deutsches Eck. The Deutsches Eck ( German: [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʔɛk], "German Corner") is the name of a promontory in Koblenz, Germany, where the Mosel river joins the Rhine. Named after a local commandry of the Teutonic Order, it became known for a monumental equestrian statue of William I, first German Emperor, erected in 1897 in appreciation ...

7. Caesar's Rhine bridges - Wikipedia

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   Caesar's Rhine bridges. Coordinates: 50°24′48″N 7°28′24″E. Caesar's Rhine Bridge, an 1814 portrait by John Soane. The Italian cross-section of the bridge. Reconstruction in Koblenz of a Roman pile driver, used to build the Rhine bridges. Caesar's bridges across the Rhine, the first two bridges on record to cross the Rhine river, were ...