Germany & Austria 1945
Kaprun high-mountain dams (Mooserboden)
Site · slave-labour history
The story
The hydro-electric project begun in 1938 with forced and slave labour from the camps; the 506th guarded the site and its DP camp in 1945. Finished after the war as a symbol of Austrian reconstruction. Bus and inclined lift to the dams; exhibition "Erlebniswelt Strom".
What to look for
Read the memorial to the forced labourers at the dam.
Plan your visit
- Open
- 2026: daily 22 May–11 Oct from 08:10; last trip down 16:45 (17:00 in Jul–Aug)
- Price
- €39.50 adults return (€22 one way up)
- Parking
- Kesselfall car park: first 60 min free, then €5/day (max €20)
Checked September 2026 from official sources: visit.verbund.com, visit.verbund.com. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Kaprun — village and castle · 13 km
- Zell am See — lake promenade · 19 km
- Grand Hotel Zell am See — regimental HQ · 19 km
- Saalfelden — the surrender basin · 31 km
- Königssee · 52 km
- Kehlsteinhaus — the Eagle's Nest · 56 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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