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This "Coin Square" is where the mint used to be, back in the days when they were allowed to mint their own coins for this region.
This statue is of a jolly market woman talking to a jolly police constable in some jolly earlier century of Koblenz's history. On the statue there is a plaque with a jolly verse in the local dialect, saying that the market woman is complaining to the constable about a neighbor woman whose dog has peed on her husband.
Second photo: Speaking of jolly local traditions, the manhole covers in the Old Town all show a mischievous young boy called the "Koblenzer Schaengel" who was, like so many, a child of a Koblenz mother and a French father during the times when one of the French armies occupied this area. Sometimes all the inhabitants of Koblenz are referred to as "Schängel", though that is no doubt an exaggeration. "Koblenzer Schängel" is also the name of a free weekly newspaper that has been published here since 1964.
Third photo: These paintings, dated 1911, are in a street called Paradies which leads from the Burgstraße to Münzplatz.
Fourth photo: The Marktstraße is a busy auto-free shopping street near the Münzplatz. Leave a Comment
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The Prince Elector Clemens Wenzeslaus seems to have had an ambivalent attitude towards the Jesuits, but he evidently found them useful and let them stay on in his bailiwick even after they had been banned elsewhere.
When I walked through this square someone was playing the spiritual "When Joshua fit the battle of Jericho" on the carillon of the Jesuit Church.
The statue is of a man named Johannes Müller (1801-1858), a native of Koblenz who became famous in the nineteenth century as a professor of physiology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Leave a Comment
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Heinrich (Hennerich) Resch was a person , who lived in Koblenz at the 2nd half of the 19th century and nowadays he has his own monument on Muenzplatz, not far from the Max & Moritz Graffities, that you may see on my 3rd picture ! A little peom written in the local dialect tells us a bit more about this person :
Resche Hennerich
Zivilkurasch, vur keinem Bang
Voll Witz, Humor, och frech
datt wor bei ons in Kowelenz
dä Schoster Hennerich Resch
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For those of you who might not understand it :
Resch is a common familyname, AND also an expression like "crisp" beeing used in german for a crispy roll as well as for a person who its not easy to talk to. He was not afraid of anyone, had civil-courage and humor and he was a shoe-maker Leave a Comment Directions: You may see Hennerich Resch at Muenzplatz.
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Mittel-Rheinmuseum is an interestiong museum showing exhibits about the history of Koblenz and the area of Middle - Rhine, a lot of sculptures and paintings and a lot more. This building dates back to the year 1419 as a house for shopping and dancing and this is why it was called "Altes Kauf- und Danzhaus" (old spelling of Tanz) afterwards it used to be the old townhall of Koblenz from 1674 till 1729.
Mittelrhein-Museum is open for visitors :
Tuesday till saturday 10.30a.m. - 05.00p.m.
Sundays and Holidays : 11.00a.m. till 06.00p.m.
closed at Jan 1st, friday before Easter, Eastermonday,
and Dec 24th + 25th + 31st
the entrance-fee is 2,50 euros p:p., pupils are free ! Leave a Comment Address: D-56068 Koblenz - Florinsmarkt 15-17Phone: 02 61-129 25 20Directions: The entrance of Mittelrein-museum is at Floriansplatz, the backside is at the right bank of the river Mosel / Moselle.Website: http://www.mittelrhein-museum.de/hauptseite01.htm Other Contact: Fax 02 61-129 25 00
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The Jesuits founded their monastery and school at 1580 at Jesuitenplatz, but that moastery is used as the townhall of Koblenz since 1895 and still nowadays. I did not go inside, but the baroque stair-case is worth seeing. The jesuit-church was destroyed in WW II and only the facade was restored, that you may see on my 3rd picture.
Jesuitenplatz is surrounded by plenty of great buildings with interesting architecture and Professor Johannes Mueller, a famous son of Koblenz is overlooking all the people in the street-cafes and all of the tourists walking to Schaengelchen, the spitting boy, in another court just behind Jesuitenplatz...
Johannes Mueller (1801-1858) became professor of physiology at the university of Berlin and all of Koblenz is still proud of him ! Leave a Comment Address: Koblenz - JesuitenplatzDirections: Jesuitenplatz is in the centre of Koblenz, just 50 meters from the spitting boy "Schaengelchen"
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At Goerresplatz you may see this interesting History column, called Historiensaeule. The column is 10 meters high and was created by Juergen Webers, showing 200 years of history from the first settlers in roman times till today. Enlarge my pictures and some of the great details !
Historiensäule am Görresplatz was made in 1992. Leave a Comment Address: Koblenz - GoerresplatzDirections: Historiensäule is at Görresplatz
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In the pedestrian Zone of Koblenz you may see these 4 great old buildings at the crossing of Altengraben and Loehrstrasse. All of these 4 houses have a great tower facing the street-crossing and when you take a closer look, they look similar in the first moment but in fact they are different as well in many ways. These 4 buildings are also perfectly lighted at night, so it makes sense to search for them even when you have just a few hours in Koblenz at night. Leave a Comment Directions: According to my memory this crossing of Altengraben and Loehrstrasse is not more than 500 meters from Jesuitenplatz.
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The town of Koblenz was bordered in history on two sides of a triangle by the rivers of the Mosel and the Rhine, and on the other by city walls. Koblenz has been fortunate in keeping it's old town in tact. Although the city walls have gone to make way for the 'new town', it is still a relative term. Really modern stuff has thankfully been banished to the outskirts of town with just a few pimples of modernity intruding into the historic core.
The compact old-town is a pleasing mixture of squares, museums, tiled roofs, cobbles and frescos that just shouts 'German stereotype'. It is almost as if it had been planned as a disney film-set with a pied piper leading the boys and girls through the streets whilst gingerbread men sing from behind wooden latticed windows.
The 'plan' inparticular, the main square is a very aesthetically pleasing place to be, none more so than during the Christmas market. Leave a Comment Address: Old town, Koblenz
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Strolling along the Moselleyou will caome across this weird building. It looks like an uneven tower with battlements but it is a residential house. Built in the 16th century in Late-Gothik style, it houses today an restaurant. Furthermore it is the only building in the Old Town that survived the war. Leave a Comment
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When standing on Jesuit Square and looking at the city hall, walk through the archway that leads under city hall (Rathaus). Immediately to the right tucked away in the corner you see the statue of this little boy called the "Schaengel". You will also see this same boy on every manhole cover in the city--he is one of the symbols of the city. "Schaengel" is the way of saying "little John" in the local Koblenz dialect. When the french occupied the city on 2 occasions, under Louis XIV and Napolean, many of the soldiers had kids with local women. As many of these soldiers were named John (Jean in French), their sons became known as "little Johns". Eventually all the kids of Koblenz became known an "little John's", or "Schaengel", as they are still called today. To top it off, this little boy is a fountain--but he SPITS the water at yu--symbolizing that the youth--and the people--of koblenz, do not like authority. they have been dominated so many times--by the Archbishop of Trier, by the French, etc, that they have grown to dislike authority. that is why this Schaengel spits in the very center of city hall's entrance. Leave a Comment
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