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Remagen

Remagen (German pronunciation: [ˈʁeːmaːɡn̩] ) is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West German seat of government. It is situated on the left (western) bank of the river Rhine. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer. Remagen has many notable and well-maintained buildings, churches, castles and monuments. It also has a sizeable pedestrian zone with plenty of shops.

Remagen

5

Björn Ingendahl[1] (Greens)

33.16 km2 (12.80 sq mi)

60 m (200 ft)

17,426

530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

53424

02642, 02228

Overlooking the west bank of the Rhine just north of the city centre is the Apollinariskirche. It has an 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 Rhine, perched even higher than the Apollinariskirche.

Geography[edit]

City outline[edit]

Remagen is divided into six districts (Ortsbezirk) and eight localities (Ortsteile):[11]

residents (excluding secondary residences, June 30, 2020[12]


The district of Kripp also belongs to the district of Remagen.

Infrastructure[edit]

Remagen station is on the Left Rhine line and the Ahr Valley Railway. It is served by InterCity, Regional-Express (the Rhein-Express, at hourly intervals) and Regionalbahn services (MittelrheinBahn, at hourly intervals) operating between Cologne and Koblenz. It is also served by Rhein-Ahr-Bahn services on the Ahr Valley Railway to Ahrbrück at hourly intervals.

Peter Maech, 23rd abbot of (1512–1552)

Maria Laach

(1778-1850), painter

Henriette Jügel

Emilie Storck (born 1827 in Remagen), wife of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

Baptist Schneider (1867–1946), photographer in Remagen

(born 1901 in Remagen; died 1959 in Kassel), racing driver

Rudolf Caracciola

Roland Ries (born 1930 in Remagen), prelate, first clerk of the Catholic bureau in Mainz, president of the Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft (German hospital association)

Klaus Barth (born 1935 in Remagen), retired ambassador, assistant chairman of the German Nepal Friendship Association

(1937-2016), cyclist

Rudi Altig

Jean Lessenich (born 1942 in Remagen), tracer, author

Bernhard Philipp (born 1948 in Remagen), Capuchin, theologian, artist

(born 1950), German TV presenter, lived from 2006 to 2012 in the Marienfels Castle

Thomas Gottschalk

(1958-2015), composer and church musician

Franz Surges

(born 1967), cook, awarded a star in the Guide Michelin

Matthias Buchholz

Official Website

Remagen University of Applied Sciences

Museum of the Bridge

ETO Air Ace Shot Down by Allied Gunners over Remagen Bridge

on YouTube

The Bridge at Remagen : film by Alan Heath

The Remagen Bridgehead, March 1945

good account of the events