The cable car at Koblenz !!

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And here I go again, updating and revising older posts, this time in Germany. I had a good time in Koblenz and with the family, many nice memories. One of them had briefly mentioned in older posts but figure deserves a post of its own.  The one activity we like here other than eating /drinking was taking the cable car across the Rhine river. A wonderful thing to do and great views, recommended to all! I still found one picture so here is my take on the cable car at Koblenz !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Cable car at Koblenz  offers spectacular view on the concourse of Rhine and Moselle rivers through the large windows of the panorama cabins. From the foot of the cable car, it is only a short walk to the popular Deutsches Eck or German Corner. The cable car is a 3S cable car lift that connects the city center to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress by going over the Rhine river. It was inaugurated in 2010 as part of the 2011 flower expo.

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The cable car is a 3S cable car lift , which connects the city center to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress over the Rhine river . It was inaugurated in 2010 as part of the 2011 Floral exhibition. It is a disengageable cable car consisting of two carrying cables and a towing cable. The lift has 18 cabins with a capacity of 35 persons each distributed along the line.  The cable car line is only 949 meters long (making it the shortest 3S cable car in the world), has a vertical drop of 114 meters and has two pylons. The downstream station Deutsches Eck or German Corner is located on the right bank of the Rhine river, near the Basilica of St. Castor (see post apart on it!)and the mouth of the Moselle. This station houses the driving part of the installation. The upstream station is located just off the northern front of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress from where passengers can easily access it.

The Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was once accessible by road or by a small 1-seater chairlift built in 1959, the lower station of the latter was located on the left bank of the Rhine. This chairlift was dismantled in 2009 when the town of Koblenz opted for the construction of a new ski lift, more accessible, faster and more efficient. In addition, this new lift was going to serve as an attraction for the floral exposition of 2011. The 3S cable car technology was adopted since this type of lift has the advantages of having a very high throughput for the transport of passengers as well as a high wind resistance. The work was entrusted to the Austrian company Doppelmayr. The cable car site began on April 15, 2009, the lower station, the upper station and the pylons were completed at the end of that same year. The cable then the cabins were installed at the beginning of 2010. The work was completed in June, then the cable car was inaugurated on July 2, 2010 and opened to the public two days later.

 The official cable car for ticketing ,info etc. https://www.seilbahn-koblenz.de/homepage.html

The Koblenz tourist office on the cable car: https://www.visit-koblenz.de/en/sights/cable-car

 A wonderful superbe webcam of the Deutsches Eck or German Corner: http://webtv.feratel.com/webtv/?design=v3&cam=3300&design=v3&c32=0

There you go folks, a nice side thing to do in pretty Koblenz ,good for the whole family and my boys still remember fondly of it. Again,hope you enjoy the post  on the cable car at Koblenz !! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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