Discover 5 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Cochem (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Cochem Castle, Bundesbank-Bunker Cochem, and Martin city gate. Also, be sure to include Kulturzentrum Kapuzinerkloster in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Cochem (Rhineland-Palatinate).
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Cochem Castle
Reichsburg Cochem is a castle complex in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Cochem on the Moselle River. It is its landmark and stands on a mountain cone visible from afar at 154 m above sea level above the town. As a summit castle, it belongs to the type of hilltop castles.
According to the results of current castle research, the complex, which served as a customs castle in the Middle Ages, was probably built around 1100 or in the first half of the 12th century. After it was destroyed in the 17th century, the Berlin merchant and later Privy Councillor of Commerce Louis Fréderic Jacques Ravené had it rebuilt in accordance with the taste of castle romanticism in the years from 1868 to 1877. Cochem Castle was designed in the neo-Gothic style during the period of historicism. According to the monument protection law of Rhineland-Palatinate, it is a protected cultural monument and registered in the state monument list. It is also a protected cultural asset according to the Hague Convention and marked with the blue and white protection sign.
Address: Schlossstraße 36, 56812 Cochem
Bundesbank-Bunker Cochem
Museum in Cochem, Germany. The Bundesbank bunker was the German central bank's bunker in Cochem for the preservation of an emergency currency. From 1964 to 1988, the Deutsche Bundesbank stored up to 15 billion marks in the top-secret facility, to protect West Germany from a national economic crisis in the event of potential hyperinflation that might be caused by the Cold War.[1]
Address: Am Wald 35, 56812 Cochem
Martin city gate
Also known as: Martinstor in Cochem
The Martin city gate is one of three still existing city gates of the German city of Cochem.[2]
Kulturzentrum Kapuzinerkloster
Monastery, Museum, Art gallery
Address: Klosterberg 5, 56812 Cochem
Amtsgericht Cochem
Cochem Local Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction in Rhineland-Palatinate and one of 15 local courts in the district of Koblenz Regional Court.
The district court has its seat in the city of Cochem, the judicial district covers the county of Cochem-Zell.
The Koblenz Regional Court is superior to the Local Court, the Koblenz Higher Regional Court is superior to it, and the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe is superior to it. The local court is responsible for all decisions that are reserved for the district courts. Register matters are the responsibility of the Koblenz Local Court, and dunning matters are the responsibility of the Mayen Local Court.
Address: 39 Ravenéstraße, Cochem