Ehrenbreitstein
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
"Ah, then," said the commandant, who had interested himself in my search with considerable amusement, "your Schneider, madame, has left Ehrenbreitstein."
From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny
I believe Ehrenbreitstein is called the Gibraltar of Germany.
From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by Choules, J.O.
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