Koblenz City Walk with the Husky River Dawgs
New one established with the old one. And now we have a a symbol or a harmony. And you can see the painting of the old house flowing into the new one to show that is a harmony. It’s only one house. This is now used as a restaurant. And you can read Deutsch Kaiser. What does it mean? German emperor. German emperor. That’s not really fair because the German first German emperor we had that was 1870. Huh? That house from 600. [Music] Coblins, one of Germany’s oldest cities, celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1992. Its original Latin name, Confluentes, in German. It would be dizu salmon flescendon reflects its location at the confluence of the Moselle and Ryan rivers at the landmark known as the Deutsches E. In 1962, Cobblins surpassed 100,000 residents, officially becoming a major city. The city’s history is marked by frequent conflict and continual transformation. The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The Romans established the first fortified settlement here, building the Confluentes fort in what is now the old town to secure the Roman Rein Valley road, Maine’s Cologne Zanton, and the Neederberg fought to protect the limes and the first bridges across the Rine and Moselle. After the Roman withdrawal in the fifth century, the Franks took control and established a royal court. In 842, negotiations between Charlemagne’s three grandsons took place in the Caster Church, consecrated in 836, which ultimately led to the Treaty of Verdon in 843 and the division of the Frankish Empire. [Music] And they brew their own beer, not here, in Lanchine. And they bring the fresh beer from Lanchine in barrels to here. And you can get here the fresh maximans with Aaron beer. So if you have later a little bit more time, it’s just a jump. Yeah. To that you and take a maximian. They have it in bright or dark. I’m going now. Will you just pick me up on the way? The walking zone. Look here. This is the walking zone of town. Something Uh, no cars are allowed. You see any cars? Because the cars are forbidden here in the walking zone. You see any man? Oh, sorry. Oh, that’s right. I’ll be down. And also you see here a bicycle and there’s written fry. What does fry? Translation of fry is free. So the question is now is it free of bicycles or is it free to ride? Bicycles and what cars? Private Still cluts. Sto with still plats. Huh? Stol. Yeah, you can place parking place. Oh, okay. Oh, so you can park for free if you have a bike. Yeah, with a bike. Oh, wow. This is awesome. Okay, you’re here in more or less in the center of the hotel because your ship is parked very well. You’re directly in town. Yep. And uh do you see that this street is not going straight? It’s something like a circle. I have a reason for that. What reason do you have for building circles? City wall. Exactly. Ah see I learned I paid attention. The new way is to to build some roundabouts. Yeah. That’s for the cars. But in the past they had no cars. They had another reason. Exactly. The city wall is behind that houses here. Yeah. And that was the former moat. How did the moat look like? A hole in the ground. Filled with water. Yeah. Mostly. And that was also filled with water. And that was protecting the town against the enemies. And because it was filled with water, the ducks could swim here. And because the ducks could swim here, it’s called the duck lane. That’s the name of the street, the duck lane. Is that huh? Anton. Yeah, that’s a German translation for duck lane. Is it really? And you know today it’s Saturday the shops are open but when you come on a Sunday to Germany it’s all closed. Already? Oh no. Where did you start? Wait. Oh, your tour. We started Wednesday. Wednesday in Switzerland. Basel. Yes. Basel. Yeah. Basel. Tuesday in Basel. Okay. No, Wednesday in Basel. So, today is Saturday and tomorrow you’re colon. No, we go to Mo. The Mosel. Oh, then you have L. So, in all the cities in Germany, normally it’s closed on Sunday. But when you go to the Mosa River and you go to when you go to Kohham, you pick the right one because Kohham is so touristical. It’s open on a Sunday. Okay. Yeah, you can shop there. Y I need this shop. But the city here, for example, it’s it’s closed Sunday the shops. And for that reason, if you need something Yeah. Urgently, we have here a beer machine. If you need some beer, that’s for Sunday. the be machine. There you go. Go on your knees. No, it doesn’t work for him. I’m not worthy. We have all the cigarettes machines, but the problem is your age has been checked. Yeah, you have to be minimum 16 years old. Did you you fulfill that? Is it 16? Yeah, 16. You fulfill that level? No. Yeah, minimum 16. A minimum 16? Yeah, minimum 16. 16 they can be. But we have another problem for the Americans. They check the they check um the identity card to check if you’re 16 or not. But only the German ones works. Ah. So if you’re on a Sunday and you want to have the beer out of the beer machine, I need a German. You need a 60y old German to buy one. Look here. That’s our new thing. Smashburg. Yeah. Wow. Sorry. Sorry about that. Square in H Highleberg. I’ve never been in highle. Maybe. I mean, probably that was still too early to really measure it, but he had this fear in Germany. We are we’ve been to Hawaii at the German East Netherlands having free time. So a Saturday on the Sunday is normally for the most of the gyms it’s free when you’re not a tour guide. And uh then they said sit down here and they like it to the river and then to the left there. How many states do we have in Germany? Germany is made up of 16 states known as lender in German. Of these 16 German states, three are considered city states or strutstart. Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen, the three city states. The remaining states are called fleckener which roughly translates to area states. Each of these states or city states has its own identity and unique characteristics on the 13 national parks and 40 UNESCO World Heritage sites spread throughout Germany. There is plenty to see and do wherever you are in the country. show. That is the big event we had in 2011 in Cland. And that’s by the way the reason why we built a cable car because the main part of the flower show was at the fortress. Oh wow. And we had millions of guests and we have to transport them somehow. And that is also the reason why we we let build um the fortress the heavy car with the biggest capacity with 6,000 hours uh an hour you can transport. Wow, that’s a lot of people. Okay. So, we have here a guest monument that shows us the history of the town. The rind land palatinate is a combination of two regions. The rhin land where the rhin land it’s not difficult because the wine is flowing here. The rand is here and palatinate is in the south of that state. That’s where we are growing our potatoes and asparagus. You should try potatoes and asparagus. Yeah, the salt potatoes. So, we shape them and then we cook it in with salt. Salt potatoes with asparagus inroad in ham and then salt on there on top. Can we get them on a smash burger? Yeah, you’re laughing. Okay, you can try. Yeah. And here that is a view how the state of philos [Applause] If you’re a a working family, you have a problem because you have a time lag. If they open at 8:00 and until 2:00, then they send the kids home. When you’re a full worker, 4 or 5:00, you have a 2 three hours lag. And also we have a problem with our school system because when the kids are in the first class or second class the school ends at 11 11:30 first class when you’re a half time worker only you have also and uh when you want to have your kid car the whole day we have just a few of that and we call so the word take care the whole way they are feeded they are educated and so on completely and manner with men. That means when women want to go shopping, they leave their man here and the men are hurt, they be careed, raised, they get a coffee and when they come back then they get their man in a better condition back than they brought them. And they don’t have to care about them. No, because the men always don’t want to go for shopping. We have also some supermarkets. Works for me. The man they can drink some beer. They have an edge where they can eat something and have a beer and the ladies shopping for the for the grocery. For the groceries. Italian. Mhm. It is Italian because all the ice shops in Germany are Italian. Oh, otherwise you can’t sell it. You don’t have German ice cream. Nobody would buy. Wow. You have to write original Italian ice cream. If you do so or not, you have to write that then they buy. No. Wow. Here you can read. Do you have some German speaking guys here around? A little bit. A little bit. So what’s what does it mean? Money all makes not Yeah. Um money alone. Yeah. Oh. Does not make happiness. Exactly. And then cuffed your iron ice uh ice cream does. Yeah. So money alone doesn’t make you happy. So take the money and buy an ice cream from that. Then you’re more happy than before. Huh? That works. That’s that’s life’s secret right there. Exchange. and they when they are on the stock exchange they’re really hardcore you know uh so that’s why I changed it I say now I have half the salary but double quality great always when we have off seasons two months we are somewhere or when we have you know we are working all weekends or bank holidays and then when we have a slot of four five days then we are somewhere and that’s I act much more together. Impossible as you have never to be ill and never to be absent. That are the two ground rules. Wow. Yeah. To bed in the hospital, they would bring you the computer to your bed. [Music] the most common name guy in 19th century medicine and okay here we have the sher fountain that is number one of the big part of the town that’s the most important one and I tell you 50 years. Mhm. I left the French. We had 500 years of Roman. We have 500 years for 800 years. And then we had 20 years. And then for one year, I forgot the 20 years French. That is also the reason why because the Russians had no interest in Germany. that works to happen in Poland. Poland Germany tried to poke at Russia and attack them and they quite r but before we had the French for years and have been an occupation with a next means the people didn’t like so much that there was another chance. Sorry. And then he talks. [Music] Yeah. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]
Join us as we take a short City Walk with our tour guide around the old town section of Koblenz. We did this on Saturday, 31st of may 2025. This is a great time to visit Koblenz as the crowds were non-existent.