Rhine River Embankment
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
Description:
The embankment of the Rhine River, located in the German city of Koblenz, is a favorite place for walks by locals and tourists. The length of the embankment, created in the XIX century by order of Princess Augusta, wife of the future Emperor of Germany Wilhelm I, is 3.5 kilometers.
The project of the embankment belonged to the famous Prussian landscape architect who worked in the classical style, Peter Lenne, who created an English-type park in this place with picturesque green lawns surrounded by bushes, chestnuts, poplars and plane trees.
On the territory of the embankment there are many historical monuments: the Electoral Palace, the Wine Village, the memorial to Empress Auguste. On the embankment there is a funicular station, with which you can get to the foot of the Ehrenbreitstein fortress.