KOBLENZ, THE CITY AT THE RIVERS RHINE ANDMOSELLE, RANKS AMONG TO THE OLDEST CITIES OFGERMANY WITH MORE THAN 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY.ON A PROMENADE THROUGH THE CITY YOU MEET AT EVERYTURN NUMEROUS WITNESSES OF ITS HISTORICAL PASTOLD CHURCHES OF DIFFERENT ERAS AS FOR EXAMPLE THEBASILICA ST. KASTOR FROM THE 9TH CENTURY OR THELIEBFRAUENKIRCHE FROM THE 12TH CENTURY.THERE ARE CULTURAL MONUMENTS AND HISTORICALBUILDINGS, SUCH AS THE ALTE BURG 12TH CENTURY,THE MOSELLE BRIDGE BALDUINBRUECKE 14TH CENTURY,THE FORTRESS KURFUERSTLICHE SCHLOSS OR THEDEUTSCHHERRENHAUS, ... AND AMONG ALL THEHISTORICAL BUILDINGS YOU WILL FIND CAF S, BEERGARDENS, BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN SMALL ALLEYS.YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY VISIT ONE OF THE LANDMARKSOF KOBLENZTHE MOST PROMINENT ONE IS THE GERMAN CORNER ATTHE CONFLUENCE OF RHINE AND MOSELLE WITH THESTATUE OF EMPEROR WILHELM I 2.5 KM FROM HOTEL.ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RHINE, OPPOSITE THEGERMAN CORNER, THE IMPRESSIVE FORTRESSEHRENBREITSTEIN IS WATCHING OVER THE CITY 2 KMFROM THE HOTEL. THE FORTRESS HAS NEVER BEENCAPTURED AND LIKE GIBRALTAR, EHRENBREITSTEIN ISCERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND IMPOSINGFORTRESSES IN EUROPE.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE LANDMARK FOR ALL THEINHABITANTS OF KOBLENZ, WHO CALL THEMSELVESSCHAENGEL, IS THE SCHAENGEL FOUNTAIN AT THE TOWNHALL IN THE CITY CENTRE 2.5 KM FROM THE HOTEL.BUT WATCH OUT THE BRONZE FIGURE OF THE SCHAENGELLIKES TO SQUIRT A JET OF WATER ACROSS THEFOUNTAIN BASINALONG THE RHINE BETWEEN KOBLENZ AND RUEDESHEIMLIES THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE UPPER MIDDLERHINE VALLEY . AN OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTIC OFTHE WORLD HERITAGE IS THAT THERE AREAPPROXIMATELY 40 CASTLES AND FORTRESSES ON ONLY65 KILOMETRES ALONG THE RHINE THE CONCENTRATIONOF CASTLES WITHIN SUCH A SMALL AREA IS WORLD WIDEUNIQUEWITHIN A RADIUS OF 3 10 KILOMETRES AROUND HOTELMERKELBACH YOU FIND FORTRESS EHRENBREITSTEIN,LAHNECK CASTLE, STOLZENFELS PALACE, THEKOENIGSSTUHL AND THE BEST PRESERVED CASTLE AT THERHINE T