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Show Famous Bridgehead Years ago, Germans crossing the Rhine either to or from Coblenz, had rhe choice of paddling or using a poon-toon poon-toon bridge. Coblenz, meeting point of the Moselle and Rhine rivers, was the bridgehead occupied by the American troops after the signing of the armis tice after the World war. The Ro mans founded a city there, more than 1.S00 years ago, known as Conlluentia. After the death of Charlemagne, his grandsons came there to divide be tween them his gigantic empire. Cob ; lenz was the favorite residence of F.m-pres.s F.m-pres.s Augusta, wife of F.mperor Wii liam I. Ehrenhroitstein, (lie "watch on Ihe Rhine," Is opposite Coblenz. |