{"id":22787,"date":"2023-08-15T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=22787"},"modified":"2023-08-15T09:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T07:49:18","slug":"german-corner-in-koblenz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/rhineland-palatinate\/coblenz\/german-corner-in-koblenz\/","title":{"rendered":"German Corner in Koblenz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Koblenz is where the Moselle flows into the Rhine. Here is one of the most visited places in the city, the German Corner in Koblenz with the monumental equestrian statue of the German Emperor Wilhelm I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
In 1216, the then Archbishop Theoderich von Wied called the Knights of the Teutonic Order to Koblenz. He gave them, presumably with the ulterior motive of securing local health care through the knights, part of the grounds of the Kastorkirche with the attached hospital. The Order built a manor house and the area was then called “Deutscher Ordt”, later “Deutsches Eck”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n