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Ehrenbreitstein

American  
[ey-ruhn-brahyt-shtahyn] / ˌeɪ rənˈbraɪt ʃtaɪn /

noun

  1. a fortress in Coblenz, Germany, built in the 12th century.


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Amy Lopez from Texas was last seen alive in September 1994, heading for Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz while on a tour of Europe.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The Nazis began shelling the city from the Ehrenbreitstein fortress across the Rhine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since Coblenz was too small to hold them, they massed on green fields beneath the crags of Ehrenbreitstein, a fortress surveying the Rhine, and the Moselle.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the opposite bank is the spectacular fortress of Ehrenbreitstein.

From Time Magazine Archive

The title of the whole work was suggested by the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, the "Gibraltar of the Rhine."

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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