Koblenz Self Guided Walking Tour Deutsches Eck Audio and Quiz

Koblenz has spent two thousand years organising itself around one stubborn fact: this is where the Rhine and the Moselle meet. This self-guided walking tour follows that story on foot, from the Electoral Palace, the last great residence of Trier's prince-electors, through the old town to the Deutsches Eck, where the two rivers finally collide. Everything runs from your own smartphone, and there is no app to download. You get a map of all 8 stops, simple directions between them, a short audio story at each location and an interactive quiz that turns the walk into a game. Along the way you meet the fortress-like Prussian Government Building, the spitting Schängelbrunnen, the Baroque Four Towers, the eye-rolling clock on Florinsmarkt and the Basilica of St. Castor, where the Carolingian Empire was carved up in 842. Start whenever you like, walk at your own pace, stop for coffee, and pick the route back up when you are ready. About 2 km and roughly 90 minutes.

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   Kurfurstliches Schloss

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   Start your self-guided tour at the Electoral Palace (Kurfurstliches Schloss). Open your Ciceru experience on your smartphone and follow the walking route from here. Discover the riverside Neoclassical palace built for Clemens Wenceslaus, the last Prince-Elector of Trier, before continuing on foot to the next stop using the in-app directions.

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   Preussisches Regierungsgebaude

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   A 158-metre Wilhelmine complex of volcanic tuff on the Rhine waterfront, built 1902-1906 by Paul Kieschke for the Prussian regional government and later used by American occupation forces.

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   Schangelbrunnen

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   The bronze spitting-boy fountain in the Town Hall courtyard, unveiled in 1941 and dedicated to dialect poet Josef Cornelius. Its basin reliefs show scenes of childhood mischief.

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   Vier Turme

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   A crossroads framed by four Baroque corner houses with matching decorated oriel windows, rebuilt between 1689 and 1692 after French bombardment and restored after 1944.

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   Liebfrauenkirche

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   The parish church on the highest point of the old town, its two Baroque onion domes added in 1694 above a Romanesque nave and a late Gothic choir.

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   Florinsmarkt

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   The medieval market square with the Romanesque Florinskirche, the 1419 Altes Kaufhaus trade hall and its Augenroller clock face, whose eyes roll with the pendulum.

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   Basilica of St. Castor

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   The Romanesque basilica dedicated in 836, where envoys of Charlemagne's warring grandsons met in 842 to prepare the partition confirmed by the Treaty of Verdun. The Kastorbrunnen fountain stands outside.

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   Deutsches Eck (German Corner)

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   The headland where the Moselle joins the Rhine, crowned by the equestrian monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I, with segments of the Berlin Wall and the flags of the German federal states on the terrace.

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.