Remagen, Germany

E107474

Remagen, Germany is a town on the Rhine River best known for its strategically important Ludendorff Bridge, which played a key role in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
battle Crossing of the Rhine
surface form: Battle of Remagen
climate temperate oceanic climate
coordinates 50.576°N 7.227°E
country Germany
crossedBy Ludendorff Bridge
surface form: Ludendorff Bridge (until 1945)
dialingCode 02642
economySector services
tourism
hasCityRightsSince 1969
hasHigherEducationInstitution RheinAhrCampus Remagen
hasLandmark Apollinariskirche
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Remagen, Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Remagen Rhine promenade
hasMemorial Black Madonna of Remagen
hasMuseum Peace Museum Bridge at Remagen
hasRailwayStation Remagen station
hasSubdivision Bandorf
Kripp
Oberwinter
Oedingen
Rolandseck
Rolandswerth
Wahnbach
surface form: Unkelbach
historicalEvent Remagen, Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Capture of the Ludendorff Bridge by U.S. forces in March 1945
knownFor Ludendorff Bridge
World War II bridgehead
languageMajority German
locatedIn Rhineland-Palatinate
locatedInRegion Mittelrhein
surface form: Middle Rhine
locatedNorthOf Koblenz
locatedOnRiver Rhine
locatedSouthOf Bonn
near Erpeler Ley
partOf Ahrweiler district
Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Mosel
surface form: Verbandsgemeinde Remagen (before 2000s reforms, context-dependent)
populationApproximate 17000
postalCode 53424
religionMajority Christianity
servedByRailway Ahr Valley Railway
Left Rhine line
twinnedWith Brzeg Dolny
Hastings
Maisons-Laffitte
Rheinbach
vehicleRegistrationCode AW
wasPartOf Prussia
Prussian Rhine Province
surface form: Rhineland Province

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Adolf Galland placeOfDeath Remagen, Germany
Adolf Galland burialPlace Remagen, Germany
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland placeOfDeath Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Ruhr Pocket significantPlace Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Remagen, Germany historicalEvent Remagen, Germany self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Remagen
this entity surface form: Capture of the Ludendorff Bridge by U.S. forces in March 1945
Remagen, Germany hasLandmark Remagen, Germany self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Remagen
this entity surface form: Remagen Rhine promenade
Wachtberg adjacentTo Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Rolandseck locatedIn Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Rolandseck partOf Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Right Rhine line passesThrough Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Nonnenwerth locatedNear Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Nonnenwerth partOf Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Unkel locatedOpposite Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Rudolf Caracciola placeOfBirth Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
federal road B9 connects Remagen, Germany
subject surface form: Bundesstraße 9
this entity surface form: Remagen
Ahr River nearbyCity Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Rudi Altig placeOfDeath Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen
Mittelrhein hasTown Remagen, Germany
this entity surface form: Remagen