Koblenz is a German city with roots in Roman times. As early as 55 B.C., there was a Roman camp at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel rivers. The camp became a Roman city in 9 B.C., making it is a city more than 2,000 years old!
So ancient Roman, Medieval, early modern and contemporary civilizations converge where these two rivers meet,

Our ship, the Aria, docked alongside some of the beautiful buildings of Koblenz.

Replica of a Madonna image where locals would come to pray for blessing as they navigated the river.

Our guide is pointing out one of the oldest structures in Koblenz; I believe she said it dates from around 1100. The sign on the building facade reads “German emperor.” When the structure began to lean, the adjoining tan-colored portion of the building at left was built to stablize it. The painting of the swinging pendulum illustrates the transition in time between these two structures.

Monument erected after WWII and dedicated by the Catholic Reading Society of Koblenz. The building appearing on the monument probably indicates the original structure destroyed during the war..

The Mittelrhein Museum, one of three structures surviving the war, and in bad condition, all of which have been bought with the intention of refurbishing them. The oculus under the clock tower on the belfry recalls the robber baron Johann Lutter von Kobern who was sentenced to death by decapitation in 1536. The eye-rolller moves its eyes to and fro in time with the pendulum of the clock and sticks its tongue out every quarter hour. See a video below that shows him doing just that.

Beautiful scene of a Medieval shopping center. Note church at end of street.

This church, the Florinskirche, was originally Catholic but was converted to a Protestant church when the Prussians drove out the French In the early 19th Century. Like so many structures in Koblenz it was bombed, and much of the interior was replaced. Often bombs fell directly onto buildings, causing destruction to the inside, while the facade survived.

The “Peppermint Lady,” who would hand peppermints to people exiting the brothels. She was said to have been surrounded by cats, as represented in the statue.

Primary Catholic Church, the Church of Our Lady (Liebfrauenkirche),. Koblenz is largely Catholic, even today.

Side view of church, which was built on the highest point of the city; and from the late Middle Ages to the French Revolution, it was the main parish church in Koblenz.

View of the apse of the church, which dominates the area.

The city church in Jesuit square. Jesuits were effective in suppressing Protestantism and were popular in Koblenz. Hangings often took place in this square.

This statue is “The Spitting Boy” – Every few minutes, the fountain stops, and the boy spits water out of his mouth. The intent was to show the contempt of the people for the French, who occupied under Louis XIV in the late 16th/early 17th Centuries.

This statue is dedicated to Johannes Müller in Jesuit Square. At Christmastime, a festive market is set up here, and the dormers of the building in the background are converted into an Advent calendar, opening the shutters of one each day of Advent.

Our guide, a Brit now living in Koblenz, was friendly and quite thorough - giving us many interesting little details about Koblenz.

Built in 1702

Another of the oldest buildings in Koblenz built in 1709 housing workers union.

The ”German Corner” (Deutches Eck), with a monument erected to commemorate the unification of Germany in 1870. The statue on top is of emperor William I of Prussia.


Cable car ride over the Rhine.

View from cable car looking back at Koblenz and the Deutches Eck.


Another view from the cable car of the opposite bank from Koblenz

Scene as we walked back to the Aria from the cable car ride

Sage, our granddaughter, Alice and I

Basilica of St. Castor, oldest church in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate located near the Deutches Eck.
Wonderful town. Love the old buildings. It is great they were not torn down. Great Pictures !!