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Wesel Railway Bridge Ruins

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Wesel Railway Bridge Ruins

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Wesel Railway Bridge Ruins

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Berliner Tor Wesel – Großer Markt Wesel loop from Wesel

6.82km

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2. Berliner Tor Wesel – Wesel Railway Bridge Ruins loop from Wesel

17.7km

04:32

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Wesel Railway Bridge Ruins – Fährhaus Bislich loop from Wesel Rheinpromenade

18.1km

04:36

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Rapunzel

July 21, 2022

A beautiful Rhine bridge

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Rapunzel

July 21, 2022

The Weseler Rheinpromenade is located just outside of the Weseler city center, in the Weseler Rheinaue. On site you will find beer gardens, restaurants and cafés, the pier for the passenger ship "River Lady", a mobile home parking space, the marina and a mini golf course. Cyclists and walkers like to choose the Rhine promenade as a waypoint for a tour through the floodplain.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

October 23, 2022

"Concrete bunkers were built on both sides of the Rhine during World War I to defend the Wesel bridgehead. They were blown up in 1921 by order of the Allies.

Towards the end of World War II in 1945, the bridge was the last line of retreat for the retreating Wehrmacht during the conquest of the left Lower Rhine by English, Canadian and American troops (Operation Varsity from the north, Operation Grenade from the south). On the morning of March 10, 1945, German engineers blew up the Wesel railway bridge on the orders of General Alfred Schlemm – three days after US troops captured the Ludendorff Bridge near Remagen. The bridge was not rebuilt after the war; it had recently only been used by two branch lines.

It was not until 1968 that the remains of the two river pillars that impeded navigation on the Rhine were removed. The bridge is part of the Industrial Heritage Route."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenbahnbr%C3%BCcke_Wesel

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Distance 130 m

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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