Viewpoints in Koblenz

The Remstecken is a local recreation area with a wildlife park and forest eco-station.

Discover Fort Asterstein high above Koblenz–a 19th-century Prussian fortress that offers fascinating insights into military history.

Experience art, culture, and education all in one place – in the heart of Koblenz.

On 23rd August 1817 Turner leaves Koblenz and walks upstream along the left bank of the Rhine. Shortly before reaching Stolzenfels Castle he stops to make the sketch for this watercolour. The painting shows the mouth of the river which lies ahead of him (in the middle of the picture), framed by rocky scenery on both sides of the river. On the right of the picture the dark silhouette of Stolzenfels Castle rises against the hillside. It is notable that Turner places the mouth of the River Lahn on the wrong side of the Rhine. Whether this was for compositional reasons, or whether it was a mistake on Turner’s part remains obscure. Only a few hundred metres further on Turner takes the ferry across to Lahnstein. Today Stolzenfels Castle is owned by the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate and is open to the public.

Koblenz, near “Deutsches Eck”, with view of Ehrenbreitstein FortressWhen Turner stays at Koblenz from 21st to 23rd August 1817 he is so fascinated by Ehrenbreitstein Fortress that he makes several sketches of it from various different viewpoints. On subsequent journeys (between 1839 and 1844) he returns to the city at “Deutsches Eck”, never tiring of the subject of the lofty fortress. In this work he gazes across the river from the left bank (in Koblenz) to the opposite bank of the Rhine. The fortress can be faintly made out in the contour of the hillside, the rocks and fortress appearing to form a single entity. Today Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is owned by the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate and is open to the public.

With its elaborate reconstruction, based on the designs of the Prussian garden designer Peter Joseph Lenné, the palace garden brings to life the tension between historical and modern garden design. With its high-quality planting, pergolas, water features and fountains, the intimate garden frames the water-side perspective of the palace grounds and, by opening up the palace wall, enables the connection to the palace steps on the Rhine and the transition to the Empress Augusta grounds.

Exciting discoveries among vineyards and wine-growing villages—With the audio guide “Listening Spots Along the Moselle Cycle Route,” there are now 40 new reasons to take a short break and listen.

As a floating triangle above the edge of the slope, it offers a spectacular view of the Rhine, Moselle, the German Corner, the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, and the city of Koblenz.