Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

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cultural heritage monument fortress tourist attraction

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is a massive hilltop stronghold overlooking the Rhine in Koblenz, Germany, historically one of Europe’s largest and most strategically important fortresses.

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Label Occurrences
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress canonical 4
Ehrenbreitstein 2
Ehrenbreitstein hill 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage monument ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleBy cable car over the Rhine ⓘ
footpaths ⓘ
road ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century military architecture ⓘ
builtBy Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
builtOn site of earlier medieval fortifications ⓘ
constructionPeriod 1817–1828 ⓘ
controlledBy Electorate of Trier ⓘ
German Confederation ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
currentUse State museum complex ⓘ
event venue ⓘ
youth hostel ⓘ
destroyed by French troops in 1801 ⓘ
earliestFortificationDate around 11th century ⓘ
elevation approximately 118 meters above the Rhine ⓘ
garrisonedBy German Army ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
gatehouses ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Moselle River ⓘ
surface form: Rhine and Moselle rivers
locatedIn Koblenz ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
locatedOn Ehrenbreitstein Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ehrenbreitstein hill
locatedOpposite Deutsches Eck ⓘ
operator Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz ⓘ
surface form: General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate
overlooks Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
partOf Prussian Rhine fortifications ⓘ
Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Upper Middle Rhine Valley
rebuiltAs major Prussian fortress in 19th century ⓘ
reconstructed by Prussia after 1815 ⓘ
significance one of the largest fortresses in Europe ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled access to Middle Rhine ⓘ
protected Koblenz ⓘ
secured confluence of Rhine and Moselle ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Upper Middle Rhine Valley
usedFor cultural events ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
museum ⓘ
observation and surveillance ⓘ
residential quarters for garrison ⓘ
storage of supplies ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince-Archbishopric of Trier → hadImportantCastle → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ⓘ
Maria Magdalena Keverich → placeOfBirth → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ehrenbreitstein
Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site → contains → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ⓘ
Koblenz → hasLandmark → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ⓘ
Koblenz → hasDistrict → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ehrenbreitstein
Rhine Valley → containsLandmark → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ⓘ
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress → locatedOn → Ehrenbreitstein Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ehrenbreitstein hill