When in Koblenz do as the Elector did…

Your hotel, with more than 100 rooms, is situated very close to the city centre. If you enjoy a stroll through the old city or you prefer walking along the mighty rivers Rhine or Moselle – you will be able to reach every destination within a few minutes. Koblenz is the starting point for a tour through the UNESCO world heritage site, the “Upper Middle Rhine Valley”, where you could visit and explore many ancient castles and fortresses.

How to get here? Pretty easy; If you come from the Motorway, follow the B 9 (B stands for Bundesstraße). Follow the signs direction “City / Altstadt / Löhr-Centre, turn left at the first traffic light and then you will already recognize the entrance of your hotel.  

Have you ever heard of “Kurfürst Balduin” also known as Baldwin of Luxembourg ?

Baldwin of Luxembourg (c. 1285 – 21 January 1354) was the Archbishop Elector of Trier and Archchancellor of Burgundy from 1307 to his death. From 1328 to 1336, he Henry's early death the next year, Baldwin lent his support to Louis the Bavarian. was the administrator of the diocese of Mainz and from 1331 to 1337 (with interruptions) of those of Worms and Speyer. He was one of the most important German prelates of his age.

Born in Luxembourg to the count Henry VI, he was intended for an ecclesiastic career at an early age. He studied theology and canon law at the University of Paris, for his family was on good terms with the Capetian court of France. He was only twenty-two years of age when elected Archbishop of Trier in 1307. In 1308, he was consecrated bishop by Pope Clement V in Poitiers. He quickly became one of the most influential princes in Germany, influencing the election that year of his brother Henry VII as King and Holy Roman Emperor.

Baldwin, like most medieval bishops, was a patron of his see. He built the Balduinbrücke (Baldwin's Bridge) in Koblenz and repaired the old Roman bridge in Trier. He reformed the administration of the archdiocese and preserved official documents. He had many copies made and four manuscript copies of the archives of the diocese survive in the main national archives in Koblenz. Baldwin also strove to connect the various regions of his diocese (Trier and Koblenz). He did not shy away from military methods.

He died in a monastic cell in the local Charterhouse and was buried in the west choir of Trier Cathedral.