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Das Deutsche Eck beim Sonnenuntergang im Herbst ©Koblenz-Touristik GmbH, Christian Görtz

The Deutsches Eck

Where Father Rhine meets Mother Moselle.

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The settlement of the Teutonic Order at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers in 1216 gave this historically significant place its name "Deutsches Eck". Koblenz also owes its name to the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle. Over the course of time, "Castellum apud Confluentes", Latin for "the fort at the confluence", transformed into the present-day name of Koblenz.

The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal
Shortly after the death of Emperor Wilhelm I, the idea arose to erect a monument to the emperor who had brought about the completed unification of Germany after three wars. Three years later, in 1891, Kaiser Wilhelm II, the grandson of the deceased, chose the Deutsche Eck in Koblenz as a suitable location. To make room for the memorial, a port of refuge was filled in, which at that time was located at the mouth of the Moselle. The Deutsche Eck in its present form was created.

On August 31, 1897, the monument made of copper was solemnly inaugurated by Kaiser Wilhelm I in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Das Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal am Deutschen Eck ©Koblenz-Touristik GmbH, Gauls

Destroyed by artillery fire in March 1945, Theodor Heuss rededicated the riderless pedestal as a memorial to German unity in 1953. Until 1993, a flagpole with the German federal flag was enthroned here. Finally, in autumn 1993, a reconstruction of the monument was raised onto the plinth. Today, the 37-metre-high monument–14 metres of which are accounted for by the equestrian statue showing Emperor Wilhelm I with a genius–attracts more than 2 million visitors a year and has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Upper Middle Rhine Valley" since 2002. 

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Zwei Männer von der Seite halten Weingläser und blicken auf die Stadt Koblenz beim Sonnenuntergang ©Koblenz-Touristik GmbH, Philip Bruederle

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