Koblenz (Eng Coblenzancient Confluentes)

50°21N 7°36E, pop (2000e) 113 000. Capital of Koblenz district, W Germany; at confluence of Mosel and Rhine Rivers, 80 km/50 mi SE of Cologne; seat of Frankish kings, 6th-c; badly bombed in World War 2; largest garrison town in former West Germany; railway; major centre of Rhine wine trade; hygienic tissues, furniture, pianos, clothing; birthplace of Metternich; St Castor's church (836), fortress of Ehrenbreitstein.

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See Also

Franks, Germany, Fürst Von (Prince Of) Metternich, Klemens (Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar)


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