The so-called Germania - built 1877 - 1883 by King Wilhelm I. - is a great lookout point high above Rüdesheim with panoramic views down to Bingen and into the rhine valley. The 38 meter high monument symbolizes the foundation of the new German Empire after the German - French wars. A cable car brings you up to the patriotic monument, which is a tourist attraction number one.
The "Königstuhl" monument in Rhens was built in the 14th century. In the year 1273 the rhenish archbishops met here to elect king "Rudolph von Habsburg". Later some elections of German Kings were hold here from the 14th to the 16th century. Then Frankfurt was the most important place for the elections and the Königstuhl ruined more and more. From 1841 - 1843 the Königstuhl was rebuilt by architect "Johann Claudius von Lassaulx". Today the monument is a great lookout point and a reminder of the Middle Ages, when the German Kings were elected by the seven "Kurfürsten".
From the "Rittersturz" monument above Koblenz you have fantastic views down to city, the football stadium, the hall "Oberwerth"... History: The "Rittersturz-Conference" with the 11 German Prime Ministers took place from 08. - 10. July 1948 at the former Berghotel above Koblenz. Topic of the conference were the "Frankfurter Dokumente" given to West Germany by the western powers to make clear the conditions for the state foundation. The decision was made to create the "Grundgesetz" (Basic Constitutional Law), and to unify the three Western Occupation Zones separating from the Sowiet Occupied Zone...
The "Kaiser Wilhelm" monument is situated at the German Corner in Koblenz at the confluence of the rivers rhine and mosel. The 37 meter high monument was built up in 1897.
After the destruction in World War II the pedestal served as a memorial for the German Unity from 1953 to 1990. Based on plans of "Bruno Schmitz", the famous architect of many other monuments, the reconstruction of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument took place in 1993. The sculptor was "Emil Hundrieser".
Today the German Corner with its monument is a top tourist attraction and a perfect place for great events like the "Mittelrhein-Marathon" or the famous "rhine-in-flames" festival. During the FIFA Worldcup in 2006 it was a public viewing place, where football fans from all over the world came to party and watch the matches.
The German empress "Kaiserin-Augusta" from "Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach" engaged the prussian horticulturists "Peter-Joseph Lenné" and "Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau" to arrange and design the left rhine riverbank in Koblenz. Many art monuments edged the 3,5 kilomerters long promenade, but most of them were destroyed in World War II...
