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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Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Coblentz and Ehrenbreitstein are opposite one another on the banks of the Rhine, as are Pesth and Ofen; and the Blocksberg looks down on us, as does the citadel of Ehrenbreitstein on Coblentz.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

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 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)