Engers is a

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Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...

on the right banks of the river

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Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

located next to

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its nam ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

. Engers has 5,367 inhabitants. It is highwater-endangered by its direct contact with the river Rhine.

City history

* The eldest evidences for settlements reach back to 800 - 600BC. A cemetery of the

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was discovered nearby Engers. * An important historic event was the military activity under

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in 55 BC at the town

Urmitz Urmitz () is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. In the 4th millennium BC it contained one of the largest fortified settlements of the time. This archaeological site has since been destroyed ...

with the goal to punish the Germanic

Sicambri The Sicambri, also known as the Sugambri or Sicambrians, were a Germanic people who during Roman times lived on the east bank of the river Rhine, in what is now Germany, near the border with the Netherlands. They were first reported by Julius C ...

s. * Around 400 AC a Roman castellum was built. Its ruins can still be seen today. * In 1357, Engers received market rights by German

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Charles IV. * In 1412, Engers received river tax rights, but they were soon given back to Koblenz because of the adverse position of the Rhine-banks at Engers. * In 1662, the pestilence killed nearly all families of Engers except six of them. Families from the nearby village Reil relocated to Engers afterwards, thus Engers started expanding again. * In 1938, under the

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Jewish families were banished from Engers. * In 1945, the German army destroyed the Engers-

bridge (formerly named ''Kronprinz-Wilhelm-Brücke''), ignoring fleeing comrads and civilians still crossing the bridge. * Until 1970, Engers was an independent minor city, but in this year it was forced to become in-municipated as a district of Neuwied. With this act, Engers lost its independence and its city-status. * In 1995, the Ensemble Villa Musica trust of the Engers-chateau opened its own academy of music. In 2003, the state's academy of music of

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

, the

Hochschule für Musik Mainz The Hochschule für Musik Mainz (HfMM, Mainz School of Music) is a university of music, part of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. It is the only such institution in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. History The institution was ...

, was temporarily relocated to Engers.

Tourist attractions

A well known tourist attractions in the region of Neuwied and Koblenz is the Engers chateau. It was built around 1760 by Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff, as a summer-residence and hunting lodge. Today it is a popular touristic attraction for its music-events and touristic guidings. The old city hall (built around 1642) and the princely inn "Schloss-Schenke" (built 1621) are placed directly in front of the Engers chateau.

Engers station Engers station is a through station and a former railway junction in the district of Engers in the town of Neuwied in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the East Rhine Railway (german: Rechte Rheinstrecke, Right Rhine line) and was ...

was built 1869 as an importance junction for passenger and freight transport on the East Rhine Railway between Koblenz and

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

Miscellaneous

Nocturnal guided walkings through the town are conducted twice a month. Their invention was a surprising success. It's an old tradition of hikers using the trail

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

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to throw little stones from Thuringia into the Rhine at the Engers banks.

References

Literature

* Arbeitskreis 650 Jahre Stadtrechte Engers (Editor): ''Engers. Der Ort. Seine Geschichte''. Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 2007, .

External links

Engerser Convent - biggest barock-concert in Rhineland-Palatinate

Engers chateau

Engers associations - homepage

on Engers by the

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