The Tour as Download The Tour on CD The Tour by Bike More Information Yo u can download the audio clips at The entire tour You can also obtain an MP3 player with Tourist information www.koblenz.de and with an exten- the audio countryside tour here: at the main station www.entdecken-steckt-an.de/uferblicke. sive booklet Telephone: +49 (0)261/31304 containing Fahrradhaus Zangmeister GmbH E-mail: [email protected] much additio- Bicycle sales/hire/repair nal information Stegemannstraße 43 (near Löhrrondell) Tourist information and images is also available on 56068 Koblenz • Tel. +49 (0)261/32363 at the historic town hall CD – at the BUGA shops and [email protected] Telephone: +49 (0)261/130920 in bookshops (ISBN: 978-3-934795-99-0). www.fahrrad-zangmeister.com E-mail: [email protected] Fahrradverleih-Koblenz, RückenWind Gemüsegasse 7 • 56068 Koblenz entdecken-steckt-an.de/uferblicke Tel. +49 (0)176/70148061 Cycling in Koblenz [email protected] Suggestions and questions to Peter Use this QR code to conveniently down- www.fahrradverleih-koblenz.de Gorius, cycling representative of the city load the audio countryside tour to your of Koblenz +49 (0)261/129-3169 mobile phone. QR readers are available Photos below from left to right: Marienberg in Güls, Koblenz-Rikscha [email protected] for many smartphones. Deutsches Eck, the Deutschherrenhaus, the Electoral Rheinstraße 17 • 56068 Koblenz Your phone will need to connect to the Palace, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, the Dikasterialgebäude, Tel. +49 (0)261/98304246 Cycling in Rhineland-Palatinate internet, which may incur costs depen- Wahrschaustation, Mendelssohn Park, plane trees on the [email protected] www.radwanderland.de ding on your plan. Rhine, Empress Augusta Memorial www.koblenz-rikscha.de www.radwanderland.info Riverbank Views Koblenz 16 audio clips present a diverse portrait of a city to which two European rivers lend their character. People who live and work in Koblenz speak live on location. © Barb Mehrens Freie Landschaftsarchitektin, BDLA Riverbank Views Koblenz Entertaining audio clips on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, connected by a relaxing cycling tour. A project from the city of Koblenz for the Bundesgartenschau 2011. The Tour Small Cycle Map Koblenz Content of the Audio Clips Barb Mehrens accompanies you on the cycling tour and conducts the conversations The unique position of the city of The “Small Cycle Map Koblenz” is at the locations. The actor Hermann Burck speaks the accompanying texts. Koblenz, on the Rhine and Moselle rivers, avai lable as a detailed local starting point is the focus of this tour. The charac te­ from, for example, the Koblenz tourist ristic river scenery along the two long- information office. distance cycle routes can be discovered on bike in a very relaxing way while still taking in all its features. STArt RHINE Winegrowing, the rivers with their 1. Main Station: 10. Ehrenbreitstein: shipping lanes, cultural life in the 18th and Tour overview 19th centuries, the Rittersturz confe- Sophie La Roche and her guests Hermann Burck, who accompanies rence, the landscape gardener Lenné Hermann Burck speaks on social life the entire tour, gives a brief … these are some of the topics on the in the 18th century. banks of the Rhine and the Moselle. A key introduction. 11. Pfaffendorf: point is of course the Bundesgartenschau 2. Main cemetery: Wahrschaustation 2011. Baedeker’s grave in Koblenz Heinz-Dieter Maahs, Verschönerungs- Hermann Burch speaks on Karl verein Pfaffendorf, on the Wahrschau- The tour, in total, is about 20 km long. Baedeker, who had his publishing station or watchtower. It is not designed so that you arrive at company in Koblenz. 12. Horchheim, avenue of lime trees: the destination as quickly as possible, Mendelssohn park but leads you along the two rivers with MOSELLE Hermann Burck speaks on the a number of breaks and even minor Mendelssohn family and the com- detours (e.g. into the old town). 3. Güls: poser Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Wine terraces 13. Horchheim, avenue of lime trees: Karsten Lunnebach, chairman of the Rittersturz conference “Koblenz winegrowers” consortium, Dr Elsbeth Andre, Director of the on viniculture in the city of State Archives Koblenz, on the Course of the tour Koblenz. Rittersturz conference. Alternative route (with ferry) Detour Rhine Promenade 4. Moselle barrage: 14. Empress Augusta Gardens: Long-distance cycle route Course of the tour continuation Alternative route (with ferry) Ships Plane trees and bats Detour Rhine Promenade Günther Werner, Director of the Günter Hahn, biologist at Grontmij Valid for 2011 Long-distance cycle route Water and Shipping Authority GmbH Koblenz, on the bats. continuation Koblenz, on Moselle shipping. 15. Empress Augusta Gardens: n Valid for 2011 i 5. Moselle barrage: Landscape architect e h Fish Peter Joseph Lenné R Hans-Joachim Arenz, Structural and Carola Schnug-Börgerding, landscape n i Deutsches e 6 Festung Approval Directorate North,h on the architect from Altenkirchen in the Eck R Ehrenbreitstein Diversion to fish ladder at the barrage. Westerwald, on the Empress Augusta August 2011 4/5 7/8/9 6. Old town: Deutsches Gardens. 6 Eck Festung Old Town 10 The former Moselle port Ehrenbreitstein 4/5 Pitt Knoth, parish7/8/9 secretary for CONCLUSION Koblenz Kurfürst- KO- LiebfrauenOld Town and a native of the10 old liches Ehrenbreitstein Schloss town, on the former Moselle port. 16. Empress Augusta Gardens: 1 Koblenz Kurfürst- KO- Rhine romance liches Ehrenbreitstein 2 CONFLUENCESchloss To close, Hermann Burck recites a 1 poem by Clemens Brentano. Main Station Koblenz 16 2 7. The historic Deutsches Eck 17. Credits 15 Dr Beate Reifenscheid, Director of KO- Main Station Koblenz the Ludwig16 Museum Koblenz, on 14 Pfaffendorf KO- the15 historic Deutsches Eck at the Güls 3 11 Deutschherrenhaus.KO- 18.4 Cornerstones ofPfaffendorf city history KO- Güls 3 Dorothee Corinth,11 long-serving tour guide from Koblenz, on several key KO- points in Koblenz’ history. Horchheim 9. Bundesgartenschau 2011 Ulrike Kirchner, chief planner of the KO- 12/13 BUGA KoblenzHorchheim 2011, on the show. 12/13 Lahn Lahn.