Germany & Austria 1945
Zell am See — lake promenade
Town · Timeline 16 & 19
GuideGermany & Austria 1945
AreaAustria — Zell am See, Kaprun & Mauthausen
TypeTown · Timeline 16 & 19
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS47.32310, 12.79400
The story
The 506th's occupation capital in the summer of 1945. The lake is where the men swam and sailed Göring's yacht.
What to look for
Walk the Elisabeth promenade.
Nearby sites
- Grand Hotel Zell am See — regimental HQ · under 1 km
- Kaprun — village and castle · 6 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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