10 Facts About Koblenz

Koblenz, spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and of the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.

North of Koblenz was a temple of Mercury and Rosmerta, which remained in use up to the 5th century.

Koblenz published a manifesto in which he threatened to set fire to the towns that dared to defend themselves, and to exterminate their inhabitants as rebels, including Koblenz.

In 1793, the uprising of Catholic peasants at the Vendee aimed at the overthrow of the National Assembly, which began only after emissaries from Koblenz travelled there and brought with them papal bulls, royal decrees and gold.

Koblenz attained great prosperity and it continued to advance until the disaster of the Thirty Years' War brought about a rapid decline.

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In 1688, Koblenz was besieged by the French under Marshal de Boufflers, but they only succeeded in bombing the Old City into ruins, destroying among other buildings the Old Merchants' Hall, which was restored in its present form in 1725.

The Koblenz Hauptbahnhof was built on a spacious site outside the former walls at the junction of the Cologne-Mainz railway and the strategic Metz-Berlin line.

Koblenz is a principal seat of the Mosel and Rhenish wine trade, and does a large business in the export of mineral waters.

Koblenz Hbf is an Intercity-Express stop on the West Rhine Railway between Bonn and Mainz and is served by trains on the East Rhine Railway Wiesbaden–Cologne.

Koblenz is the beginning of the Moselle line to Trier and the Lahntal railway to Limburg and Gießen.