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EHRENBREITSTEIN

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EHRENBREITSTEIN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the right See also:bank of the Rhine, facing See also:Coblenz, with which it is connected by a railway See also:bridge and a bridge of boats, on the See also:main See also:line of railway See also:Frankfort-on-Main-See also:Cologne. Pop. (including the See also:garrison) 5300. It has an Evangelical and two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a Capuchin monastery, tanneries, See also:soap-See also:works and a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine. Above the town, facing the mouth of the See also:Mosel, on a See also:rock 400 ft. high, lies the magnificent fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, considered practically impregnable. The sides towards the Rhine and the See also:south and south-See also:east are precipitous, and on the south See also:side, on which is the winding approach, strongly defended. The central fort or citadel is flanked by a See also:double line of works with three tiers of See also:casemate batteries. The works towards the See also:north and north-east See also:Death of the khalifs. end in a See also:separate outlying fort. The whole forms a See also:part of the See also:system of fortifications which surround Coblenz. The site of the See also:castle is said to have been occupied by a Roman fort built in the See also:time of the See also:emperor See also:Julian. In the rrth See also:century the castle was held by a See also:noble named Erembert, from whom it is said to have derived its name.

In the 12th century it came into the See also:

possession of See also:Archbishop Hillin (de Fallemagne) of See also:Trier, who strengthened the defences in 1153. These were again extended by Archbishop See also:Henry II. (de Fenetrange) in 1286, and by Archbishop See also:John II. of See also:Baden in 1481. In 1631 it was surrendered by the archbishop elector See also:Philip See also:Christopher von Soetern to the See also:French, but was recovered by the Imperialists in 1637 and given to the archbishop elector of Cologne. It was restored to the elector of Trier in 165o, but was not strongly fortified until 1672. In 1688 the French bombarded it in vain, but in 1759 they took it and held it till 1762. It was again blockaded in 1995, 1996 and 1797, in vain; but in 1799 they starved it into surrender, and at the See also:peace of See also:Luneville in 18or blew it up before evacuating it. At the second peace of See also:Paris the French paid 15,000,000 francs to the Prussian See also:government for its restoration, and from 1816 to 1826 the fortress was reconstructed by See also:General E. L. See also:Aster (1778-1855).

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