Fortress Koblenz-Werk Klausenberg

The Rheinburg is a castle-like villa in Koblenz. It is located in the Ehrenbreitstein district and dates back to the Klausenberg work, which was built as part of the Ehrenbreitstein city fortifications between 1827 and 1833. Thus, this caponier belonged to the Niederehrenbreitstein system of the Prussian Fortress of Koblenz.

Klausenberg Work

The Klausenberg work, also known as Klausenberg Tower, was built between 1827 and 1833 as part of the construction of the Prussian city fortifications on the western slope of the Arzheimer Heights in the east of the city of Ehrenbreitstein. The work was adapted for troop occupation in 1850. With the closing of the gaps in the crenellated wall around the city in 1854 and 1856, the caponier was integrated into the city fortifications. After their abandonment in 1890, the city of Ehrenbreitstein acquired the fortress work in 1892/93 and tried to resell it in the following years.

Villa Rheinburg

The building was publicly auctioned in 1898. The bid was awarded to Colonel Wilhelm von Bötticher from Bremen, who had it converted into the castle-like Villa Rheinburg, incorporating the fortress building. After the death of her parents, their daughter Helene Bornhausen took over the villa, which remained in family ownership until 1978. The Rheinburg is still in private ownership today and has been rebuilt several times in the 20th and early 21st centuries, but its romantic appearance as a castle has never been lost.