Tarnbunker Neumühl
Preserved Westwall bunker in Neumühl with a rebuilt camouflage superstructure, serving as an information and remembrance site.
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About the museum
The Tarnbunker Neumühl is a Regelbau 10a of the Westwall, built in 1938 on the edge of Neumühl. A year later it received a camouflage superstructure in the form of a habitable attic, so that it would blend into the village scene. In 1939/1940 it served as a command post; in the second half of the war, many Neumühl residents sought shelter here from air raids.
After the war the bunker was not blown up, because the attic was lived in; instead, prisoners of war filled it with concrete and rubble from demolished installations. In 2007/2008 the attic was torn down, although heritage protection had been in force since 2005; an approved demolition of the entire structure was never carried out. Between 2012 and 2015, volunteers removed the concrete fill again.
Since 2017 a friends' association has looked after the structure. Donation-funded construction phases brought access, leveling of the ground, the reconstructed roof structure, an external staircase and grounding; the interior fit-out was completed in May 2025 and the camouflage superstructure was opened. It serves as a communication and information center, meant to recall the burden fortification work placed on the civilian population, and to show the present-day importance of the western fortifications for nature and heritage conservation and for civic education.
Highlights
- Intact 1938 Westwall Regelbau 10a bunker
- Rebuilt camouflage superstructure in the form of an attic
- Information and communication center in the attic
- Guided tours of the western fortifications and Maginot Line in the Kehl–Strasbourg area on request
- Large-format mural on the bunker
Permanent exhibition
- Regelbau 10a mit rekonstruiertem Tarnaufbau – The preserved Westwall bunker with a rebuilt attic, used as a communication and information center.
- Founded
- 2025
- Operated by
- Förderverein „Tarnbunker Neumühl“ e. V.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours of the remains of imperial fortifications, the Westwall and the Maginot Line in the Kehl–Strasbourg area on request; lectures for schools and history associations. The book “Neumühl – Ein Dorf im Westwall” (€10) is available on opening days, from bookshops in Kehl or by email. |
