Explore the historic highlights of Ohrid
Ohrid, North Macedonia
1863-1864
Ohrid, North Macedonia
7th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
200 BCE
Ohrid, North Macedonia
1295
Ohrid, North Macedonia
13th century
Ohrid, North Macedonia
9th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
905 AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
9th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
4th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
11th century
Ohrid, North Macedonia
1313
Ohrid, North Macedonia
6th century AD
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between 1817 and 1832 and guarded the middle Rhine region, an area that had been invaded by French troops repeatedly before. The fortress was never attacked.
Early fortifications at the site can be dated back to about 1000 BC. At about AD 1000 Ehrenbert erected a castle. The Archbishops of Trier expanded it with a supporting castle Burg Helferstein and guarded the Holy Tunic in it from 1657 to 1794. Successive Archbishops used the castle's strategic importance to barter between contending powers; thus in 1672 at the outset of war between France and Germany the Archbishop refused requests both from the envoys of Louis XIV and from Brandenburg's Ambassador, Christoph Caspar von Blumenthal, to permit the passage of troops across the Rhine.