Explore the historic highlights of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
1867
Dundee, United Kingdom
15th century
Dundee, United Kingdom
1564
Dundee, United Kingdom
1490
Dundee, United Kingdom
1460
Dundee, United Kingdom
1569-1588
Dundee, United Kingdom
50 BCE - 450 AD
Dundee, United Kingdom
1562
Dundee, United Kingdom
15th century
Dundee, United Kingdom
14th century
Dundee, United Kingdom
500-800 AD
Dundee, United Kingdom
13th century
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.