On the dockside of the Viking cruise ship docking in Koblenz is the German Cape, also known as the German Cape, a sharp green area at the intersection of the Moselle and the Rhine rivers. In this special place called the "German horn" stands a bronze horse riding statue of William I, the first emperor of the German Empire, engraved on the base: the empire will live forever if it is united and loyal. These are the last two verses of the German poet's "Spring Greetings to the Fatherland."