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Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (German: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, IPA: [ˌfɛstʊŋ ˈeːʁənbʁaɪtʃtaɪn] ⓘ) 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.
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- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The Festung Ehrenbreitstein, the second largest preserved fortress in Europe, was built in its current form between 1817 and 1828. Its origins date back to the year 1000. Today, Ehrenbreitstein is the only surviving Prussian fortress from the 19th century, the largest historical fortress in Europe after Gibraltar and part of the UNESCO World ...
The Large Fortress of Koblenz, officially "Fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein", is a system of Prussian fortifications built between 1815 and 1834 to secure the then strategically important confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers.
The Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is located on a high hill overlooking the Rhein and Mosel Rivers in koblenz. There have been battles on the hill for 3,000 years but most of the present fortress was built in the 1800's. There are lots of exhibits and an outdoor snackbar overlooking the city.
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The Ehrenbreitstein Fortress and suburb across the Rhine were incorporated into Koblenz in 1937. A castle, first built on the site in the 11th century, passed to the archbishops of Trier in the 12th century; destroyed by the French in 1801 after a four-year siege, it…. Other articles where Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is discussed: Koblenz: The ...
The very beginnings of Ehrenbreitstein can be traced back to ancient foundations from the year 1000 B.C.! Two thousand years later, in 1000 A.D., a castle was constructed here by Ehrenbert. The fortress would gain significance several hundred years later in 1657 as the guardian of the Holy Tunic, a robe that legend says was worn by Jesus Christ ...
Koblenz, Germany. Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between 1817 and 1832 and guarded the middle Rhine region, an area that had been invaded by French troops repeatedly before. The fortress was never attacked. Early fortifications at the site can be dated back to ...
