Abandoned Bridge: Destroyed by Wehrmacht March 1945

            Die historische Eisenbahnbrücke Wesel wurde in den Jahren 1872 bis 1874 von der Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CME) als Teil der Hamburg-Venloer Bahn erbaut und war zeit ihres Bestehens die nördlichste Rheinbrücke in Deutschland. Ab 1917 existierte in der Nähe der Eisenbahnbrücke eine zusätzliche Straßenbrücke, bis beide Brücken im Verlauf des Zweiten Weltkriegs zerstört wurden. Nur die Straßenbrücke wurde daraufhin wiedererrichtet. 

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Gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 1945 war die Brücke die letzte Rückzugslinie der zurückweichenden Wehrmacht während der Eroberung des linken Niederrheins durch englische, kanadische und amerikanische Truppen (von Norden Operation Varsity, von Süden Operation Grenade). Am Morgen des 10. März 1945 sprengten deutsche Pioniere auf Befehl von General Alfred Schlemm die Weseler Eisenbahnbrücke – drei Tage nach Eroberung der Ludendorff-Brücke bei Remagen durch US-Truppen. Die Brücke wurde nach dem Krieg nicht wiederaufgebaut; sie war zuletzt nur noch von zwei Nebenbahnen befahren worden.

Erst 1968 wurden die Reste der beiden Strompfeiler, die die Rheinschifffahrt behinderten, beseitigt. Die Brücke ist ein Teil der Route der Industriekultur. 

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