Germany & Austria 1945
Grand Hotel Zell am See — regimental HQ
Site
GuideGermany & Austria 1945
AreaAustria — Zell am See, Kaprun & Mauthausen
TypeSite
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS47.32405, 12.80120
The story
Sink's headquarters on the promontory in the lake; the ballroom and terrace are as the regiment knew them. Still a hotel — coffee on the terrace is allowed.
What to look for
Look across to Thumersbach: the whole valley was the regiment's.
Nearby sites
- Zell am See — lake promenade · under 1 km
- Kaprun — village and castle · 7 km
- Saalfelden — the surrender basin · 12 km
- Kaprun high-mountain dams (Mooserboden) · 19 km
- Königssee · 33 km
- Berchtesgaden — town and the Berchtesgadener Hof site · 37 km
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Easy Company: Germany & Austria
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the last months of the war in Europe: the Rhine, Bavaria with Landsberg, Dachau and Munich, Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's Nest, and Austria, where Easy Company ended its war at Zell am See and Kaprun.
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