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R Liebfrauenkirche E Festung VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
An der Liebfrauenkirche 1. Ehrenbreitstein
Tel (0261) 315 50. Fortress Open Apr–Oct: Practical Information
Open Apr–Oct: 8:15am– 10am–6pm daily; Nov–Mar: Road map: B5. * 109,300.
7pm daily; Nov–Mar: 10am–5pm daily. & n Bahnhofplatz 17 (0261-
8:15am–6pm Mon–Sat, Landesmuseum Koblenz 19433). _ Internationale
9am–5pm Sun. Tel (0261) 66750. Open Musiktage (Mar/Apr), Altstadtfest
At the highest point in Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm daily; mit dem Fest der Stadtteile (Jun/
the old town stands the Nov–Mar: 10am–5pm Jul), Koblenzer Gauklerfest (Jul),
Romanesque church of daily. & Rhein in Flammen (Aug),
Schängelmarkt (Sep), Koblenzer
Our Dear Lady. Its history On the opposite side Mendelssohn-Tage (autumn).
dates back to early of the Rhine stands the ∑ koblenz-touristik.de
Christian times, but its mighty fortress of
present form is the Statue of Ehrenbreitstein, one of Transport
result of remodelling the Madonna the largest in the world £
work carried out in in Liebfrauenkirche and barely changed
1182–1250. A triple- since Prussian days.
nave basilica with galleries, it has A smaller fortress was erected on splendid views over Koblenz, the
a twin-tower western façade. this site in 1000, and extended in Rhine and the Mosel. Today, it is
The beautiful, elongated Gothic subsequent years by the home to the Landesmuseum
choir was added in 1404–30. archbishops and electors of Trier, Koblenz (regional museum)
who lived in it from 1648 to with an interesting collection on
+ Kurfürstliches Schloß 1786. Trier’s holiest relic, the Rock the development of technology,
Neustadt. Closed to the public. Christi (vestments of Christ) was and to the Rhein-Museum with
Not far from the bridge across kept here. The fortress offers hydrological collections.
the Rhine stands the electoral
palace, an example of the
Rhineland’s early Neo-Classical
architecture. It was built, and for a
short time occupied, by Clemens
Wenzeslaus von Sachsen, the last
of Trier’s electors. Construction of
the castle began in 1777,
designed by Michael d’Ixnard,
and continued until 1786,
overseen by Antoine François
Peyère the Younger. The Classical façade of the Kurfürstliches Schloß

Koblenz City Centre
1 Deutsches Eck
Festung
2 Basilika St Kastor Ehrenbreitstein
3 Florinsmarkt Deutsches
Balduin- M o s e l
4 Mittelrhein-Museum brücke Mittelrhein- Eck
Basilika
5 Alte Burg Alte Burg Museum St Kastor
PET ER - A LTME I E R - U F ER
6 Liebfrauenkirche Florinsmarkt KASTOR- H O F S T RAS SE VOR DEM
7 Kurfürstliches Schloß STR. AM A LT E N H OS PI TAL SAUERWASSERTOR
8 Festung Ehrenbreitstein MARKT- MÜNZ- STR. Liebfrauenkirche RHEIN- STRASS E A DENAUER-UFER R h e i n CHARLOTTENSTR. O BER TAL
STRASSE
GYMNASIALSTR.
JOSEF
HOHENFELDER STR. LÖ HR S TR . PFUHLGASSE GÖRGENSTR. CLEMENSSTRASSE GÖRRES KARMELITERSTR. KASTORPFAFFEN HOF KONRAD- HUMBOLDTSTR. HELFEN- STEINSTR.
PLATZ
HOFSTR.
Mittelrheinisches
SCHANZENPFORTE
Museum
DEINHARD-
LÖHR- VIKTORIASTR. LUISENSTR. CASINOSTR PLATZ STRESEMANNSTR IM TEICHER T
RONDELL SCHLOSSSTRASSE N E US TA D T
Kurfürstliches AM PFAFFENDORFER T
STEGEMANNSTRASSE
Schloss
0 metres 250
Pfaffendorfer
0 yards 250 Brücke
E M S E R STRASSE OR
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