FORTE CULTURA Station: Koblenz fortress system (DE)
Prussian large-scale festival system at the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine rivers
The gateway to the World Heritage Site with exciting culture, architecture, history and nature
In 1815, Koblenz was named the capital of the Prussian Rhine Province and King Friedrich Wilhelm III ordered the extensive expansion of the fortifications at the site. As a result, one of the largest fortification systems in Europe was built at the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine, consisting of the town fortifications of Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein as well as five large systems with numerous forts, redoubts and fortifications.
Today, some of the imposing fortifications are still preserved and have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Upper Middle Rhine Valley" since 2002.
Visitors young and old are offered an exciting range of experiences and events within the historic walls. Discover Fort Konstantin and the Kaiser Franz Fortress with FORTE CULTURA. Take the cable car across the Rhine and conquer the famous Ehrenbreitstein Fortress.
FORTE CULTURA Fortress portrait
Learn the Fortress city of Koblenz know.
Events in the fortress city of Koblenz
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Fortress INCLUSIVE
As a European cultural route, FORTE CULTURA helps to preserve the important cultural heritage of fortified monuments and make it accessible to everyone.
FORTE CULTURA inclusion projects
Together with the Aktion Mensch lottery, FORTE CULTURA regularly initiates projects to make the fortress landscape in Germany more inclusive and barrier-free, e.g. in the Aktion Mensch programme "#1 Barrier Less". We share information from our projects with our partner fortresses across Europe at international conferences, thereby raising awareness of inclusion in fortress tourism and supporting new projects.
Please contact our network office if you would like to support our initiatives.
Experience programmes for people with disabilities
FORTE CULTURA has created the following barrier-free experiences in fortresses:
- Germersheim Fortress: Tour for blind and visually impaired people with audio files and information in Braille,
- Feste Kaiser Franz Koblenz: Audio circular route in easy language,
- Fort Gorgast: German-Polish signposting and circular route in easy language.
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