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In 1110, the Archbishop of Trier, Bruno of Lauffen founded a hospital in Koblenz next to Saint Castor's, one of the first institutions for nursing north of the Alps. Archbishop Theodoric of Wied in 1216 invited the Teutonic Knights to Koblenz and gave them part of the site of Saint Castor's along with the hospital of St. Nicholas located there ...
Koblenz (UK: / k oʊ ˈ b l ɛ n t s / koh-BLENTS, US: / ˈ k oʊ b l ɛ n t s / KOH-blents, German: [ˈkoːblɛnts] ⓘ; Moselle Franconian: Kowelenz) is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus c. 8 BC.
Statue of Jesus Christ on top of the Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor in Barcelona, Spain; Statue of the Holy Son in Wolmyeongdong, South Korea; Statue of Jesus Christ at Buntu Burake Hill, South Sulawesi, Indonesia [4] Jesus Blessed Sibea-bea or more often referred to as the Statue of Jesus in Sibea-bea, Samosir, North Sumatra, Indonesia, a ...
The Kastorbrunnen (Saint Castor's Fountain) in the forecourt of the Basilica of St. Kastor in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, is a curious testimony of the Napoleonic Wars. The fountain, built in 1812, was connected to the first aqueduct of the Elector Palatine .
The Deutsches Eck (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʔɛk], "German Corner") is the name of a promontory in Koblenz, Germany, where the Mosel river joins the Rhine. [1] Named after a local commandry of the Teutonic Order , it became known for a monumental equestrian statue of William I , first German Emperor , dedicated in 1897 in appreciation of his ...
The following is a timeline of the history of Koblenz, Germany ... 1897 – Statue of Wilhelm I installed on the Deutsches Eck. [1] 20th century. 1902 ...
The best known surviving Emperor William monuments today are the 81-metre-high Kyffhäuser Monument (1890-1896), The Emperor William Monument at Porta Westfalica, unveiled in 1896, and the monument at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz erected in 1897. All three were designed by Berlin architect, Bruno Schmitz.
Stolzenfels Castle (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 Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Stolzenfels was a ruined 13th-century castle, gifted to the Prussian crown prince, Frederick William in 1823.