Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel
The Siegfried Line Museum lies near the German-Luxembourg border in the Eifel mountains. It is housed in a bunker that was part of the former Siegfried Line, the Katzenkopf Strongpoint, which was built from 1937 to 1939.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Germany
- Also known as: “Westwall Museum Katzenkopf”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Ambrosius and Devil’s Gorge.
St. Ambrosius
Church
Photo: Spotter2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Ambrosius is a church, which is situated 690 metres south of Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel.
Devil’s Gorge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Devil's Gorge or Teufelsschlucht is located on the eastern edge of the Ferschweiler Plateau within the South Eifel Nature Park in the vicinity of Irrel. Devil’s Gorge is situated 1¼ km southwest of Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel.
Prümerburg
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Prümerburg is a ruined hill castle on a roughly 30-metre-high lias-sandstone rock on the upper edge of the valley of the Prüm in the municipality of Prümzurlay in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Prümerburg is situated 2 km north of Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menningen and Ernzen.
Menningen
Village
Photo: Kilind, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Menningen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Ernzen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ernzen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Minden
Village
Photo: Christian Ries, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minden is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Minden is situated 3½ km south of Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel.
Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Irrel, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.85162° or 49° 51′ 6″ northLongitude
6.45362° or 6° 27′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8FX8VF23+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6903413978OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2565712
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In Other Languages
“Siegfried Line Museum, Irrel” goes by many names.
- German: “Panzerwerk Katzenkopf”
- German: “Westwallmuseum Irrel”
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