Peace Museum - Bridge at Remagen
Peace Museum - Bridge at Remagen
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Fangthewonderdog
Newbury, England363 contributions
Aug 2011
A nice little museum. Rather sobering we thought, but then its documenting part of a terrible war. Lots of stairs, as the museum is sited within 2 of the remaining towers of the bridge that was so fought over. We also found out about the huge POW camps in the area at the end of the war.
Lots of translations in English. We are an english family, and contrary to the last review, we felt very welcome there.
Lots of translations in English. We are an english family, and contrary to the last review, we felt very welcome there.
Written August 26, 2011
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Sailorsgirl
Springfield, MO5,804 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
People have told us not to bother visiting this important WWII site because “there is nothing there.” We chose to ignore the advice and were glad we did. There is an enormous piece of the bridge on both sides of the Rhine River. There is also a Peace Museum that is closed in order to bring it into the 21st Century with new technology. An American flag flies proudly from the top of the bridge. It’s a great place to sit and contemplate what happened here and to see how peaceful a place it is now with the boats going by on the river.
Parking is available a little ways up the road from the Bridge and is free. There are no other facilities at this site at the present time.
Parking is available a little ways up the road from the Bridge and is free. There are no other facilities at this site at the present time.
Written April 26, 2019
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Malcolm C
Preston, UK134 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
The Museum and remains of the Bridge at Remagen brings back a sense of a major historical event that only actually standing there and feeling the atmosphere can ever generate.
A remarkable reminder of WW2 and what occurred at this spot.
A remarkable reminder of WW2 and what occurred at this spot.
Written July 15, 2018
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maryannesk
Pennsylvania10 contributions
Jun 2011 • Friends
I went with my sister and 90-year old father, a WWII veteran and member of the Ninth Armored Division which seized the Remagen Bridge. We had just taken him through Normandy and then to the sites and museums where he was during the Battle of the Bulge-Ardennes, St. Vith, Bastogne etc. In Normandy and all through Belgium, the people were coming up to my father shaking his hand and sincerely thanking him for his service in the liberation of their countries. He was treated like royalty and hailed as a hero. At the American Cemetary in Normandy, the authorities there organized a ceremony where my father and two young boys helped to take down and fold the American flag for that evening. In Bastogne, the members of the 101st Barracks and a representative for the Mayor, held a heartfelt ceremony honoring my father and gave him a medal and thanks. They took pictures and lined up for autographs.
It was a totally different atomosphere in Germany-where our only stop was the Remagen Bridge. We were excited to go because my father had talked about the Bridge when we were little children. Also in the 1970's, when they heard about the wonderful idea to build a Peace Musuem there - my parents contributed to the building of the museum and purchased the stones from the Bridge. A few years ago, I had communicated through e-mail to the man who ran the Peace Museum. He seemed like a wonderful man. He said they would love to have my father visit the Museum. However, our actual experience was something very different. When we arrived at the museum, at the ticket counter, there were several signs outlining the prices in categories such as Child, Handicapped etc. in French and German - NONE were in English. This was our first clue that it was an unfriendly place to Americans. We tried to figure out what the sign said as far as pricing. When I tried to speak to the clerk, the woman was involved in an animated conversation in German on her cell phone. She had me waiting for her to stop for at least 5 minutes and was visibly perturbed that I interrupted her conversation. She set the cell phone down but made it very obvious that she wanted to get back to her cell phone conversation and was annoyed to have to deal with us. Of course, she spoke no English - or at least made no effort to communicate with us. I told her my father was a veteran. She said 3.5 Euros anyway. I explained that he is a 9th Armored WWII veteran and we had visited many WWII museums - none of which had charged him anything at all. She just kept insisting he was going to pay 3.5 Euros anyway. So I guessed at the sign in French saying that Handicapped was only 1 Euro and my father was in a wheelchair. I pointed that out to her - She motioned that you need some sore of card (outlining with her fingers) or you didn't qualify as Handicapped. So we all ended up paying the 3.5 Euros. The museum is 3 floors high with stairs not accessible to wheel chairs so my father couldn't really visit the whole museum anyway. It has exhibits with some WWII helmets, things found in the area, pictures etc and some interesting articles from the POW camps - but it wasn't spectacular. Exhibits were fairly plain. You can see it all on YouTube and get pretty much the same experience. I would say, as an American, skip the museum and focus on the outside to see the River and the remains of the Bridge which is interesting but it isn't necessary to go inside to see a "Peace Museum" which is visibly hostile and unaccomodating to Americans.
It was a totally different atomosphere in Germany-where our only stop was the Remagen Bridge. We were excited to go because my father had talked about the Bridge when we were little children. Also in the 1970's, when they heard about the wonderful idea to build a Peace Musuem there - my parents contributed to the building of the museum and purchased the stones from the Bridge. A few years ago, I had communicated through e-mail to the man who ran the Peace Museum. He seemed like a wonderful man. He said they would love to have my father visit the Museum. However, our actual experience was something very different. When we arrived at the museum, at the ticket counter, there were several signs outlining the prices in categories such as Child, Handicapped etc. in French and German - NONE were in English. This was our first clue that it was an unfriendly place to Americans. We tried to figure out what the sign said as far as pricing. When I tried to speak to the clerk, the woman was involved in an animated conversation in German on her cell phone. She had me waiting for her to stop for at least 5 minutes and was visibly perturbed that I interrupted her conversation. She set the cell phone down but made it very obvious that she wanted to get back to her cell phone conversation and was annoyed to have to deal with us. Of course, she spoke no English - or at least made no effort to communicate with us. I told her my father was a veteran. She said 3.5 Euros anyway. I explained that he is a 9th Armored WWII veteran and we had visited many WWII museums - none of which had charged him anything at all. She just kept insisting he was going to pay 3.5 Euros anyway. So I guessed at the sign in French saying that Handicapped was only 1 Euro and my father was in a wheelchair. I pointed that out to her - She motioned that you need some sore of card (outlining with her fingers) or you didn't qualify as Handicapped. So we all ended up paying the 3.5 Euros. The museum is 3 floors high with stairs not accessible to wheel chairs so my father couldn't really visit the whole museum anyway. It has exhibits with some WWII helmets, things found in the area, pictures etc and some interesting articles from the POW camps - but it wasn't spectacular. Exhibits were fairly plain. You can see it all on YouTube and get pretty much the same experience. I would say, as an American, skip the museum and focus on the outside to see the River and the remains of the Bridge which is interesting but it isn't necessary to go inside to see a "Peace Museum" which is visibly hostile and unaccomodating to Americans.
Written July 8, 2011
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Lee H
Whitby, UK80 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
This is our second visit in the last 3 years. Sadly, things just get worse. The memorial is now covered in grafitti and the whole area around it is neglected and weed covered. The actual Peace Museam which is housed in the bridge towers has been closed for a very long time and shows no sign of re-opening. The condition of this area is a sad reflection of modern day Germany and Europe in general. Sad, how people do not care anymore.
Written June 25, 2019
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Paulo Henrique Todaro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ57 contributions
Nov 2017 • Solo
The bridge was an important piece in the WWII history, as the German Army was unable to explode it timely to avoid the US troops to cross the river and shorten the war. However, the site deserved a much better infrastructure for tourism.
Written January 3, 2018
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Charlie C
Mountain View, CA1,167 contributions
Aug 2017 • Solo
It is estimated by some that the discovery of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen in 1945 - the last intact bridge across the Rhein - shortened the war by many months and possibly saved the lives of hundreds of thousands imprisoned in concentration camps. What a gift from heaven! Hitler tried in vain to destroy it but each attempt failed. Unfortunately, the bridge collapsed due to the enormous weight of the war machinery Eisenhower was bringing east. 27 Army engineers were on the bridge at the time and all were killed.
I like traveling to the Ahr Valley, where I always change trains at Remagen, whether you are coming north from Koblenz (Frankfurt) or south from Koeln, but I have never stopped and looked around. So this time I did. Remagen has a nice little downtown only a minute or two from the train station. There are several nice restaurants right on the Rhein, all with outdoor eating. Then it is only 1 km walk to the Ludendorff Bridge. Take the time to visit sometime, and appreciate the significance of this place.
I like traveling to the Ahr Valley, where I always change trains at Remagen, whether you are coming north from Koblenz (Frankfurt) or south from Koeln, but I have never stopped and looked around. So this time I did. Remagen has a nice little downtown only a minute or two from the train station. There are several nice restaurants right on the Rhein, all with outdoor eating. Then it is only 1 km walk to the Ludendorff Bridge. Take the time to visit sometime, and appreciate the significance of this place.
Written November 14, 2017
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Kerwin Gray
Atlanta, GA2,150 contributions
Sep 2013 • Solo
If you are doing a Rhine River Tour, or a tour of Germany with a World War II theme, then the Bridge at Remagen should be high on your list. The capture of the bridge was critical to shortening the war in Europe. It is easy to see. The trains running up and down the Rhine run more or less constantly. Just hope off a train in Regmagin, Walk over to the bridge, See the museum and commemorative plagues. You can be back on another train in an hour and a half. Well worth that much time.
Written January 15, 2014
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Tourmalina
Peak District, UK679 contributions
Oct 2012 • Couples
The Peace Museum is housed in one of the remaining towers of the Ludendorff Bridge on the Remagen side of the Rhine, just a short stroll along the promenade from the town centre.
During the last months of World War II, the U.S. 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and found the Ludendorff Bridge still intact. They then fought a week-long battle to gain a bridgehead across the Rhine for the last push into Germany. However, just 10 days after it was captured, the bridge collapsed and at least 30 American soldiers lost their lives.
Some 20 years later the episode was the basis for a film starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughan, and in 1980 the Peace Museum was opened to the public following a fund-raising driving by the Mayor of Remagen, who sold tiny pieces of the stones from the bridge encased in resin.
Today it's a very poignant and atmospheric exhibition run by volunteers, with entry just 3.50 Euros for adults. It's a somewhat homely display made up mainly of press cuttings and photographs gathered locally, together with some personal possessions found in the mud and rubble around the bridge. There's also quite a lot about the making of the film, particularly about the photographer who took many of the local photographs on show in 1945. In 1968 he was sent to take pictures of the making of the film, scenes for which were being shot in Prague, and found himself recording the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The museum is still work in progress, with one of the latest additions being a wall of quotes about war from famous people ranging from Mother Theresa to John Lennon. Facilities are quite basic, and though the museum is on several floors there is no lift.
During the last months of World War II, the U.S. 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and found the Ludendorff Bridge still intact. They then fought a week-long battle to gain a bridgehead across the Rhine for the last push into Germany. However, just 10 days after it was captured, the bridge collapsed and at least 30 American soldiers lost their lives.
Some 20 years later the episode was the basis for a film starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughan, and in 1980 the Peace Museum was opened to the public following a fund-raising driving by the Mayor of Remagen, who sold tiny pieces of the stones from the bridge encased in resin.
Today it's a very poignant and atmospheric exhibition run by volunteers, with entry just 3.50 Euros for adults. It's a somewhat homely display made up mainly of press cuttings and photographs gathered locally, together with some personal possessions found in the mud and rubble around the bridge. There's also quite a lot about the making of the film, particularly about the photographer who took many of the local photographs on show in 1945. In 1968 he was sent to take pictures of the making of the film, scenes for which were being shot in Prague, and found himself recording the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The museum is still work in progress, with one of the latest additions being a wall of quotes about war from famous people ranging from Mother Theresa to John Lennon. Facilities are quite basic, and though the museum is on several floors there is no lift.
Written October 8, 2012
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richierood
Diss, UK41 contributions
Sep 2012 • Friends
Very good, It is what it is. A ww2 significant area and battle in the closing stages of the war. Well preserved and a very interesting museum and not alot to get in. Well worth a visit if you in the area or are interested in anything WW2 as I am.
Written September 29, 2012
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haywoodh44
Corinth, MS3 contributions
Traveling through by train: Looking for a suggestion on a place to store luggage while making a walk to the bridge site from the train station.
NoRegretsTravel
Hershey, PA206 contributions
At the Peace Bridge, do you recall if there were cafes within walking distance where lunch is served? I have a group of forty headed there in the spring.. trying to determine if everyone can be turned loose to enjoy the village and grab lunch on their own, or if a group reservation is advised in a local restaurant. thanks!
mswiseguy
Carmel, CA383 contributions
Yes, there are several restaurants on the river with excellent terraces (assuming the weather is good) about a 5-10 minute (flat) walk along the river promenade. Several of those with seating outside should be able to accomodate a large group. We were pleasantly surprised by our meal at Da Franco (reviewed on TripAdvisor) - the food was quite good and reasonable. There are other cafes in town (up an incline from the riverfront and museum) but I can say that we very much enjoyed sitting outside facing the river.
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