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Remagen is a city in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one hour's drive from Cologne (Köln), just south of Bonn, the former West-German capital. It is situated on the River Rhine, which is constantly busy with ships. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10-15 minutes in the summer. Remagen has many beautiful and well-maintained buildings, churches, castles, and monuments. It also has a sizeable pedestrian zone with plenty of shops. The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ...
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Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...
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Overlooking the west bank of the Rhine just north of the city centre is the Apollinariskirche. It has a great observation deck that is only open to parishioners on Sundays. Pedestrians reach the church via a dirt trail that passes a series of roadside monuments representing each of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. The church grounds contain an outdoor crypt and an abbey. Further down the river is one of the many castles along the River Rhine, perched even higher than the Apollinariskirche.
History The Roman Empire built a border fort at Rigomagus (or Ricomagus), west of the Rhine. This was about 12 miles north of the site of the first bridge ever built across the Rhine (at Neuwied). This bridge fought the river current by being built on timbers which were driven into the bed at a slant. Caesar's troops spent nearly three weeks on the east side of the river, then crossed back over, destroying the bridge to prevent its use by German raiders. A second bridge was likewise destroyed by the builders once they were through with it. Motto Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent. ...
Missing image Map of Germany showing Neuwied Neuwied is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 8 miles below Coblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. ...
The fort was one of a series built by Drusus, commander of the Roman army along the Rhine. Other Roman construction survived the centuries, including a gateway, and Remagen became a tourist destination, popular with history buffs.
Local legend says that a ship carrying various relics from Milan to Cologne was stopped in the river in 1164, unable to move despite the strong current, until it mysteriously edged in toward the shore. The remains of St Apollinaris were put ashore, and the ship was then able to sail onward. These remains were interred in a chapel which had been part of the Roman fort, which became the basis for a church which bore his name, and was rebuilt several times over the years.
The Bridge at Remagen The Ludendorff Bridge was originally built during World War I as a means of moving troops and logistics west over the Rhine to reinforce the Western Front. The bridge was designed by Karl Wiener, an architect from Mannheim. It was 325 meters long, had a clearance of 14.8 meters above the normal water level of the Rhine, and its highest point measured 29.25 meters. The bridge carried two rail lines and a pedestrian walkway. During World War II, one rail line was planked over to allow vehicular traffic. General Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as Erich von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, noted as a general during World War I. Ludendorff was born in Kruszewnia near Posen, Prussia (now Poznań, Poland). ...
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Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ...
Mannheim is a city in Germany. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The capture of the bridge
 US Military crosses the Ludendorff Bridge The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen—the last standing span over the Rhine—was captured by American soldiers of the U.S. 9th Armored Division on 7 March 1945, during Operation Lumberjack. Although the bridge was mined by German engineers prior to the approach of the Allies, the fuses were cut by two Polish engineers from Silesia, forcibly conscripted into the Wehrmacht[1]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Ludendorff Bridge was a railroad bridge across the Rhine in Germany, connecting the cities of Remagen and Erpel. ...
Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 9th Armored Division. ...
is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Operation Lumberjacks mission was to capture strategic cities like Cologne and give the Allies a foothold along the Rhine River in March 1945 during World War II. One of the most notable achievements of the operation was the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen. ...
On 7 March 1945, men of the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, led by Lieutenant Karl H. Timmermann approached the bridge to find it still standing. From U.S. Airforce Oral History Interview K239.0512-1648 of Helmut A. Kuerschner by Dr. James C. Hasdorff : ..."in March 1945, the U.S. Army crossed the Rhine River at Remagen. That's the famous bridge which was intentionally not destroyed by the German military. As a matter of fact, as it has been documented, they disobeyed orders to destroy it because they knew it was senseless". The first soldier across the bridge was Sergeant Alex Drabik; Timmermann was the first officer across. is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The capture of the bridge is referred to in U.S. histories as the "Miracle of Remagen". General Eisenhower stated that "the bridge is worth its weight in gold". A small number of U.S. formations were able to operate east of the Rhine in advance of the main crossings to the south under Patton and Bradley, and to the north under Montgomery (Operation Plunder.) The strategic importance of the bridge has been debated by historians since its capture.[citation needed] However, the psychological advantage of having crossed the Rhine in force, and in pursuit of fleeing Wehrmacht troops, bolstered the morale of the Allied forces while having a disastrous effect on the Germans. Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American General and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). ...
During World War II, Operation Plunder was the crossing of the Rhine river at Rees, Wesel and south of the Lippe Canal by the British Second Army, under Lieutenant-General Miles C Dempsey, and the US Ninth Army, under Lieutenant-General William H Simpson. ...
In the days immediately following the bridge's capture, the German High Command made desperate attempts to destroy the bridge by bombing and even employing frogmen. Hitler ordered "flying" courts-martial which condemned five officers to death, one in absentia, and four of whom were executed in the Westerwald Forest. Attempts were made to repair the damage to the bridge, and pontoon bridges were laid alongside. Despite the best efforts of U.S. engineers, on 17 March 1945 the bridge collapsed, killing twenty-eight American soldiers. However, due to the pontoon bridges and the secure crossing point, the loss of the bridge was, by now, neither tactically nor strategically significant. The Oberkommando der Heeres (OKH) was Germanys Army High Command from 1936 to 1945. ...
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Pontoon bridge across the James River at Richmond, Virginia, 1865. ...
is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The bridge in the media The best-known work on the battle is 1957's The Bridge at Remagen by the American author Ken Hechler. Kenneth William Hechler, better known as Ken Hechler, is a long-serving West Virginia politician. ...
In 1968 David L. Wolper produced an American motion picture, "The Bridge at Remagen". The film depicted actual historical background, but was fictional in all other aspects. The Bridge at Remagen is a war film released in 1969. ...
In addition, a large number of books and articles in newspapers and magazines on the subject of the bridge have been published.
In the 1946 Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life, there is a brief battle scene with narration that "Ernie Bishop, the cab driver, helped capture the Remagen bridge." This article is about the film director. ...
Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story, The Greatest Gift written by Philip Van Doren Stern. ...
In the video game Panzer Front for the Playstation, the Ludendorff bridge is assaulted by the player demonstrating the strategic problems of capturing the bridge (the placing of 88mm AT/AA guns on the high ground surrounding the bridge, for example). Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ...
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In the video game Call of Duty: Finest Hour the player helps to liberate the Ludendorff Bridge in one level. Remagen also appears in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (dm3). Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ...
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In the booster pack of Battlefield 2142, Northern Strike, a map is dedicated to the Bridge at Remagen. The battle takes place 200 years to the day after the real battle. In collectible card games and collectible miniature wargames, a booster pack is a sealed package of cards or figurines, designed to add to a players collection. ...
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Memorial Hans Peter Kürten, at that time Mayor of Remagen, had long considered the idea of constructing a memorial. The negotiations with the German Federal Railway alone lasted seven years before the city could finally acquire the former railroad property. Announcements sent to government officials concerning the intended preservation of the bridge towers and the construction of a Memorial to Peace stirred no interest. Hans Peter Kürten was the mayor of Remagen in the 1970s and opened the Peace Museum at Remagen in 1980. ...
In the summer of 1976, it was necessary to remove the still intact bridge support pilings in the river. The Mayor had the stones deposited on the Remagen river bank, with the idea in mind of selling small pieces of the bridge stones enclosed in synthetic resin and containing a certificate ot authenticity.
On 7 March 1978, he went public with his idea and achieved such an unexpected degree of success, that he had realised more than 100,000 DM (around 50,000 EUR) in sales profits. is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
There has not been another bridge built across the Rhine here, mainly due to opposition from the people of Remagen (and surrounding areas), contending that a bridge located at this point along the Rhine would spoil the view.
 Remagen commemorative plaque. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 810 KB) Remagen memorial commemorative plaque. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 810 KB) Remagen memorial commemorative plaque. ...
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- ^ (Polish) Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1993-08-13). "Małe państwo i wielkie zwycięstwo (Small state and a great victory)". Gazeta Wyborcza (188): 13.
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (October 3, 1914 – January 20, 2005) was a Polish journalist, writer, politician, social worker and patriot. ...
Gazeta Wyborcza (pronounce: [gazεta vibɔrʧa] , gazeta vibborcha) is, as of 2005, Polands second largest distribution daily newspaper (after the tabloid Fakt). ...
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Remagen, Germany Coordinates: 50°34′N, 7°14′E Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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