Festungsmuseum Reuenthal

Useful Information

Location:	North of Reuenthal. From Koblenz cross Rhine/Border, turn right onto road 7, cross Aare river, turn left to Reuenthal.
Open:	APR to OCT Sat 13-17. All year daily for grougs after appointment. [2008]
Fee:	Festungsmuseum: Adults CHF 12, Children (6-16) CHF 6. Militärmuseum: Adults CHF 12, Children (6-16) CHF 6. Both: Adults CHF 20, Children (6-16) CHF 10. [2008]
Classification:	World War II Bunker Secret Bunker
Light:	Incandescent
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Address:	Verein Militär- und Festungsmuseum Full-Reuenthal, Sonnenweg 14, 4314 Zeiningen, Tel: +41-61-8515047, Fax: +41-61-8515048. E-mail:
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History

Spring 1937	start of construction.
April 1939	completed and immediately manned.
1944	number of personnel increased.
1979	cannons disassembled.
1988	closed.

Description

The Artilleriewerk Reuenthal (artillery fort Reuenthal) is located north of the small village Reuenthal. It is located on a location of great strategic importance, on a hill in a bow of the Rhine river, where the Aare river meets the Rhine. Located between Koblenz and Leibstadt it lies at the Swiss border to Germany, opposite the German village Waldshut.