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Peace Museum at the Remagen Bridge

Peace Museum at the Remagen Bridge

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Peace Museum at the Remagen Bridge

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Location: Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

September 25, 2021

The mayor of Remagen, Hans Peter Kürten, had long had the idea of building a memorial. Negotiations with the Federal Railroad took seven years before the former railway site could be acquired. Indications to official bodies to preserve the bridge as a memorial and to set up a memorial for peace were ignored.

When the bridge piers were removed from the Rhine in the summer of 1976, he had their stones brought to the Remagener Ufer, because he had an idea: namely to sell small chunks of these bridge stones, enclosed in cast resin and with a certificate of authenticity. On March 7, 1978, he went public with this idea. The success was beyond all expectations. Within a short period of time, sales revenues of well over DM 100,000 were raised - the foundation stone of the museum was laid.

It was possible to get a job creation measure approved by the employment office. The towers were cleared out, doors and windows were added, the interior was painted and lights were put on. The memorial was opened on March 7, 1980, only 2 years after the idea of selling the bridge stones. Since then, more than 800,000 people have visited the museum.

One focus of the exhibition is reminiscent of the construction, the conquest and the heavy fighting in the bridgehead, in which German, American, Belgian and English soldiers were involved. A documentary video from the English Military Academy in Sandhurst shows what is happening in newsreels and interviews with contemporary witnesses.

The second focus, under the heading "Building Bridges - Messages for Peace", sheds light on developments after the Second World War and documents the more than 200 wars since 1945.

Source: bruecke-remagen.de/friedensmuseum

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JakobusPilger

October 11, 2021

A small "Peace Museum" is located in the towers on the left bank of the former bridgehead of the "Remagen Bridge," which was bombed by the Allies towards the end of World War II and subsequently collapsed during the retreating Wehrmacht. This excursion destination on Remagen's Rhine promenade is – naturally – not a cultural or even entertaining museum visit in the traditional sense, but rather serves as a lasting reminder of the suffering of war and thus as a reminder of peace. A task that remains as relevant today as ever!

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Barbara P.

June 11, 2020

I think it is very important that such structures are preserved. Unfortunately, the walls are smeared, the property gets dirty and overgrown. Would be nice if you not only praised it as a sight but also received it as such. The bridge piers are definitely worth seeing.

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