Germany & Austria 1945
Zons — the walled town on the Rhine
Town · 506th sector
GuideGermany & Austria 1945
AreaThe Rhine — Cologne to Remagen
TypeTown · 506th sector
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS51.12280, 6.84430
The story
A medieval customs town on the 506th's stretch of river, untouched by the war, between Cologne and Dormagen. The dike path north of it is the regiment's April 1945 outpost line.
What to look for
Walk the dike north toward Stürzelberg.
Nearby sites
- Stürzelberg — the Rhine dike · 3 km
- Cologne — cathedral and Hohenzollern bridge · 22 km
- Ludendorff Bridge, Remagen — Peace Museum · 67 km
- Nuremberg — Documentation Centre & Zeppelinfeld · 357 km
- Torgau — Elbe Day · 431 km
- Hurlach — Kaufering IV camp site · 442 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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