Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
IN THE DAYS NEWS
COBLENZ.

''l3orn of ;t fort. half surrounded by forts, and under the shadow of a for mer Hun super-fort. CuIif ,lz. Rhine headquarters of the Army of Occu- patton, will give American soldiers q mental snapshot of Q, t,-n5"al German military city" says a bulletin just issued by the National Geographic So ciety.
 "When A-l;st1stus Caesar 'ient Dru- sus to conquer the people of the Rhine region that brilliant general built half a hundred forts along he river and around some of these sprang up cities.Thus toblenz originated. Drus- sus later ser out to coluIer the Elge district but is said to have desisted when he saw a womanly figure of nonstrous size who told him he was about to die. On his way back his horse threw him. The inipry was fatal.
 ''F7rankish kings Uyel at CobIenz. in the eleverth century tGtC city ob- taiaed a, charter and to" Set years it was ruled bv archbishop electors. It fourished one nf the RheNish 1 league of cities, but after the Thirty Years War t became less prosperous. French. Swt des. Russi2ns @nd Ger mans occupied the town at various times until tue Congress Of Vienna awarded it to Prussia. Tn 1922 it be- came the se1r of goVevr:El of the 1 Prussia Rhln, province.
 "A hfsto~1.. old hor,so " .'oblenz is the birthplace of Metternich. that ] Austrian Mac!,iavelli wllo helped or ] ganze and p, resided oVe' the Congress i of Vienna. lore than century ago i that conference failed tu assure the l peace for Europe which Paris con i ferees today gre seekin.. 10 establish l for the world. Metternicil made Q fine i art of the secret diplor,acy which has embroiled European nations ever 1 since. He vas the Count von Bern stoff Of Aus: ria duril.,y his ministry I at the court of Paris. q sort of dtplo- matic spy both there and srt St Pet maker as wei for he planned the mar 1 riage of Napoleon and E'arle Louise arcnduchess If Austria
 'Coblenz derived it's na~lc from it. 1 location on the triangle formed by thr l confluence Of the Rhine and the Mo 1 selie g location similar tf' that O Pittsburgh, Pa. on the Ohio and the
 Allegheny. The Romaas called i 1 'Confluentes,'
 'F'rownin- from a steep precinice Q rock nearly INn feet allovr the Rhine
 across the Moselle from Cobienz, i
 one of the most famous Of German forts, the Ehrenbreitstein. No doub American men in uniform row inspec
 it al will. though before the war onl!
 2, civilian armed with a pass. migh
 '-;sit it. It forms the principal fea
 ture Of the extensive defcnses abou
 Toblenz. That city is considered 0 prime military importance because 0 it's navigation outlets on fo:h river and it's Ilunnerous railway lines.
 Louis the Pious, not so pious
 though, that he ren}a ined g mon . when his sons coaxed hiE1 to mon | asterv in the hope of getting hi
 'EinrdoIn, founded the Church of $ CaFtor here in 82f. But th, preser : huilding, with it's four towers, date
 back only to the thirteenth -entury.
 Tn front of the church is a monu rnert which attests the easy -goin [ E2're~iar ec~~o of 'a'7oo~. The n7o1u
 meit erected by the French, bears v glowing trihuts tG tEaD9h.on's auncess es in Russia Wben tha R1sa:,n oc
 cupied Coblerz their commander in