Germany & Austria 1945
Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen — Peace Museum
Bridge · 9th Armored, 7 March 1945
The story
The railway bridge captured intact on 7 March that put the first Americans across the Rhine; it collapsed ten days later. The surviving towers hold the Peace Museum.
What to look for
Stand at the tower and look at the river's width — this was the wall the Allies expected to fight for.
Plan your visit
- Open
- 2026: 7–31 Mar Sat–Sun 10–17; Apr, Sep, Oct, 1 Nov Mon 14–17, Tue–Sun 10–17; May–Aug Mon 14–18, Tue–Sun 10–18. Closed 2 Nov–6 Mar
- Price
- €6 adults; family €12; children up to 7 free
- Parking
- No parking at the museum; car park at Rheinhalle (Goethestraße), about 300 m walk
- Access
- Not step-free: steep ramp or steps to the site, about 180 steps inside the towers
Checked September 2026 from official sources: bruecke-remagen.de, remagen.de. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Cologne — cathedral and Hohenzollern bridge · 45 km
- Zons — the walled town on the Rhine · 67 km
- Stürzelberg — the Rhine dike · 69 km
- Nuremberg — Documentation Centre & Zeppelinfeld · 304 km
- Hurlach — Kaufering IV camp site · 379 km
- Landsberg am Lech — old town and prison · 385 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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