Andernach on the Rhine with the Round Tower (completed in 1453) and St Mary's Cathedral (apart from later restorations, it dates from around 1250). In the centre the rectory.
(April 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Diez an der Lahn (Rhineland-Palatinate) with the Count's Castle in the background.
(May 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The picturesque village of Monreal in the district of Mayen-Koblenz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Vordereifel.
In the background are the ruins of the 13th century Löwenburg castle.
(May 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Klotten an der Mosel ( Landkreis Cochem-Zell/ Rheinlan-Pfalz).
(July 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Market woman and policeman in the old town centre of Koblenz; plus an inscription in the local dialect and in rhyme (doesn't rhyme in English, of course):
‘The market woman says to the guard
That's enough for me now
It peed on my husband
The dog from the Nobersch’
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Memorial for a Koblenz original in the old town of Koblenz: Heinrich Resch (19th century). The inscription in the local dialect:
‘Civil courage - fear no one
full of wit, humour - even cheeky
that was with us in Koblenz
the cobbler Heinrich Resch.’
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bronzefiguren, #memorials, #Koblenz, #Rheinland_PFalz

The oldest grammar school in Koblenz, the Görres-Gymnasium, was established in 1582 as a Jesuit school under the name Gymnasium Confluentinum or Collegium Societatis Jesu. Since 1895, the building on Jesuitenplatz has been home to Koblenz town hall.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The figures of the Hillesheim market women in Hillesheim (Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate). The figures of the Hillesheim market women in Hillesheim (Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate).
There used to be important cattle and produce markets in Hillesheim.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The pulpit in the Catholic parish church of St Martin (built in 1852/53) in Hillesheim (Vulkaneifel area, Rhineland-Palatinate) was created in the 17th century. It was taken over from the predecessor building of the present church, which was demolished in 1852. The sounding board, the rear wall and the staircase are missing.
The figures depict the four evangelists.
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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