What is Remagen?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Remagen COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge Remagen.svg |image_photo = Apollinariskirche Remagen nachts.jpg |image_caption = Apollinariskirche |coordinates = {{coord|50|34|43|N|7|13|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Remagen in AW.svg |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |region = |district = Ahrweiler |elevation = 60 |area = 33.16 |population = 16267 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 53424 |area_code = 02642, 02228 |licence = AW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 31 070 |divisions = 5 |website = {{url|http://www.remagen.de/}} |mayor = Herbert Georgi |party = CDU }} '''Remagen''' is a town in [[Germany]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], in the district of [[Ahrweiler (district)|Ahrweiler]]. It is about a one hour drive from [[Cologne]] {{lang-de|Köln}}, just south of [[Bonn]], the former capital of [[West Germany]]. It is on the [[River Rhine]]. There is a [[ferry]] across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer. Remagen has many historic buildings, churches, castles and monuments. Cars are banned from the big pedestrian zone which has plenty of shops. Overlooking the west bank of the Rhine just north of the city centre is a church called the ''Apollinariskirche''. It has an observation deck that is only open to parishioners on Sundays. Walkers reach the church via a dirt track that passes a series of roadside monuments. One for 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 River Rhine, perched even higher than the Apollinariskirche. ==History== The [[Roman Empire]] built a border fort at Rigomagus (or Ricomagus), west of the Rhine. This was about 12 miles north of the site of the first bridge ever built across the Rhine (at [