Remagen Bridge Peace Museum

Museum in the bridgehead in Remagen on the Rhine

The Bridge of Remagen Peace Museum is a museum in the bridgehead on the left bank of the Rhine of the former Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen .

It is closed to visitors until further notice. As a replacement, there will be a special exhibition Bridge von Remagen in the Rheinhalle from May 9 to October 31, 2019 .

The museum presents two themes:

• the story of the Remagen Bridge and its conquest in World War II
• the nearby POW camp in 1945.

“Built for war, destroyed in war, the rubble should always be a warning”, reads the text on the board on one of the two black basalt pillars. This corresponds to the theme of the exhibition, which is dedicated to peace and not to war nostalgia.

The Ludendorff Bridge was captured by the 1st US Army on March 7, 1945 , thus enabling the first crossing over the Rhine . The Wehrmacht's attempt to destroy the bridge with V2 rockets, among other things , failed. On March 17, 1945, the heavily damaged bridge collapsed due to overload.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Special exhibition Remagen Bridge in the Rheinhalle. Aktiplan, accessed May 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ "A hole in the ground releases its sleepers ..." Prisoners of war in the "Golden Mile". Retrieved October 30, 2016 .  

Web links

• Homepage of the Peace Museum
• Short film - The Remagen-Sinzig prisoner-of-war camp in 1945. Ahrweiler district administration, accessed on October 30, 2016 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 40.6 "  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 38.8"  E