Engers

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Engers, as seen from the Rhine Engers Schloss Kopie.jpg
Engers, as seen from the Rhine
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former coat of arms

Engers is a district of Neuwied on the right banks of the river Rhine in Germany located next to Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Engers has 5,367 inhabitants. It is highwater-endangered by its direct contact with the river Rhine.

City history

9th Armored Division halftracks advance through Engers March 27, 1945 9th Armored Division, Engers, Germany 03-27-45.jpg
9th Armored Division halftracks advance through Engers March 27, 1945

Tourist attractions

A well known tourist attractions in the region of Neuwied and Koblenz is Schloss Engers. It was built around 1760 by Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff, as a summer-residence and hunting lodge. Today it is a popular touristic attraction for its music-events and touristic guidings.

The old city hall (built around 1642) and the princely inn "Schloss-Schenke" (built 1621) are placed directly in front of the Engers chateau.

Engers station was built 1869 as an importance junction for passenger and freight transport on the East Rhine Railway between Koblenz and Cologne.

Miscellaneous

Nocturnal guided walkings through the town are conducted twice a month. Their invention was a surprising success.

It's an old tradition of hikers using the trail ThuringiaRhine to throw little stones from Thuringia into the Rhine at the Engers banks. [1]

References

  1. "Thüringen-Rhein-Wanderweg (Thüringer Weg)". GPS Wanderatlas (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2019.

Literature

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