Westwallmuseum Irrel

Name: Westwallmuseum Irrel
Address: DE

Museum in Irrel, Germany

The Siegfried Line Museum (German: Westwallmuseum Irrel) lies near the German-Luxembourg border in the Eifel mountains. It is housed in a bunker that was part of the former Siegfried Line (Westwall), the Katzenkopf Strongpoint (Panzerwerk Katzenkopf), which was built from 1937 to 1939. The bunker and museum lies within the municipality of Irrel and have been open to visitors since 1979. Together with other bunkers the Panzerwerk Katzenkopf was built to guard the main road from Cologne to the city of Luxembourg. It is the northernmost strongpoint in the Siegfried Line. These strongpoints differ

From Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Where:: Irrel, Germany
Coordinates:: 49.85°N, 6.45°E

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