Germany & Austria 1945
Stürzelberg — the Rhine dike
GuideGermany & Austria 1945
AreaThe Rhine — Cologne to Remagen
Time to allow30 min
LocationRight area — the exact spot is uncertain
GPS51.14135, 6.81650
The story
The village on the river where the 2nd Battalion's HQ and Easy's outposts were, facing the Ruhr pocket across the water. Winters' patrols crossed here by boat.
What to look for
Stand on the dike: the far bank was Germany's last industrial fortress.
Nearby sites
- Zons — the walled town on the Rhine · 3 km
- Cologne — cathedral and Hohenzollern bridge · 24 km
- Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen — Peace Museum · 69 km
- Nuremberg — Documentation Centre & Zeppelinfeld · 359 km
- Torgau — Elbe Day · 432 km
- Hurlach — Kaufering IV camp site · 445 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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