History column

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The history column in Koblenz
The former Goeben monument on Goebenplatz around 1900
Detail of the history column: boat with wine barrels from Roman times on the Rhine

The history column is the essential part of a fountain on Josef-Görres -Platz in the old town of Koblenz . It was given to the city by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1992 for its 2000th anniversary . However, it was not completed and handed over to the city until June 1, 2000. The fountain with its history column was created by the sculptor Jürgen Weber . The 10.59 meter high, 3.6 ton heavy and 1.25 million DM expensive column tells the moving 2000-year history of the city of Koblenz in ten pictures from Roman times to the present day.

From 1884 until it was removed shortly after the Second World War, the Goeben memorial stood in the same place , in honor of the Prussian general August Karl von Goeben .

Image representations in detail

The following epochs and events are shown from bottom to top:

  • Bild Eins Roman fort settlement

A boat loaded with wine barrels symbolizes the Roman settlement from the 1st to the 5th century.

  • Bild Zwei Crown estate and conference venue

Franconian royal court between the 6th and 9th centuries.

  • Image Three From the Empire to Kurtrier

The figures symbolize that Koblenz belonged to the Archdiocese of Trier in the 10th to 12th centuries.

  • Image Four crusades / slave trade

Koblenz in the 12th and 13th centuries, the age of the Crusades.

  • Image Five Blooming Urban Community

Figures with horses represent the flourishing city of craftsmen, merchants and church dignitaries from the 13th to the 16th century.

  • Image Six 30 Years War / Witch Mania

The city skyline at the time of the Thirty Years War and the witch hunt.

  • Picture seven French Revolution

Remembrance of the warlike events during and after the French Revolution around 1800.

  • Image Eight Prussian Epoch

Depiction of a mighty fortress and thus the Prussian Koblenz in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • Picture nine destruction 1944

That destroyed Koblenz after the air raids of 1944 in World War II.

  • Bild Ten A future-oriented city

Symbolizes the rebuilt and future-oriented city of today.

See also

Web links

Commons : Historiensäule in Koblenz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 35.7 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 3 ″  E