Bayernwald te Wijtschate 1914 - 1918
Gefilmd op 10/08/2014
Hitler's Trenches Bayern Wald WW1
Adolf Hitler served here in WW1 (World War 1) at Bayernwald in Belgium and won the Iron Cross for helping to rescue a German officer who had stupidly wandered out of the cover of the forest and was shot at by British soldiers opposite him. Bayernwald means Bavarian wood (like wold or weald in the names of English places eg Southwold), as the germans here were from Bavaria, far from home and under the cool, grey skies of the north with very heavy rain which would mean living outside would be a misery.
Address:
Voormezelestraat, 8950 Heuvelland, Belgium
WARNING!
You must buy a ticket from the tourist office with a barcode that you insert into the slot in the gate. You cannot access the site without the ticket. There is a huge fence with barbed wire and a fortress like turnstile gate. When you insert your ticket, the gate will only turn once. When I did it, my 11 year old daughter, trying to be helpful, turned the gate before I walked in. It unfortunately counted as an entry and when I reinserted my ticket, it was null and void. We drove 10 minutes back to the tourist office and the helpful Belgian man gave us replacement tickets. He also told us that there is a buzzer on the gate which we could have used to speak to him! It would have been useful if the buzzer had a sign such as Press here for help!
See below for the opening hours and location of the tourist office. It has a lunch break when it is shut.
Search on google maps for the latest information using this:
Toerisme Heuvelland, Polenlaan, Heuvelland, Belgium
8950, Polenlaan 1, 8956 Heuvelland, Belgium
heuvelland.be
+32 57 45 04 55
Saturday
9:30am–5pm
Sunday
10am–12pm
Monday
9am–12pm
1–5pm
Tuesday
9am–12pm
1–5pm
Wednesday
9am–12pm
1–5pm
Thursday
9am–12pm
1–5pm
Friday
9am–12pm
1–5pm
These trenches can easily be combined with other nearby interesting places.
An excellent chocolate shop. The Praline Paleis. Nearby.
Abelestationsplein 14, 8970 Poperinge, Belgium
Hill 62. Sanctuary Wood. British trenches with a museum and a restaurant. Original, and now very bad, condition.
Canadalaan 26, 8902 Ieper, Belgium.
Bayernwald en kroonprins Rupprecht von Beieren
Bayernwald en kroonprins Rupprecht von Beieren door jurgenmarechal.nl
Van 1915 tot 1917 nam de frontlijn in Vlaanderen de vorm aan van een omgekeerde letter S, met in het noorden de Ieperboog (Ypres Salient) en in het zuiden de Wijtschateboog (Messines Ridge). In 1917 wilde de Britse opperbevelhebber Douglas Haig de Ieperboog doorbreken in de richting van Passendale om verder op te trekken naar Torhout en Oostende. Eerst moest echter het front ten zuiden van Ieper rechtgetrokken worden. Op 7 juni 1917 gebeurde dit op grootse wijze door de ontploffing van 19 krachtige dieptemijnen. Een week later waren alle objectieven bereikt, waardoor dit zonder twijfel één van de meest succesvolle campagnes uit de hele oorlog werd. Op 12 juli 1917 begonnen de beschietingen op de Duitse stellingen in de Ieperboog. Hier waren geen dieptemijnen voorhanden en op 31 juli startte de aanval in de gietende regen. De Duitsers voerden een moordende verdediging met bunkers en mitrailleurs. De dagelijkse vooruitgang was een kwestie van een paar honderd - en vaak zelfs van enkele tientallen - meter.Toen de beste Britse troepen er in september door waren, werden de Anzacs naar hier gehaald en tenslotte eind oktober ook de Canadezen. Wat drie weken had moeten duren, eindigde uiteindelijk meer dan drie maanden later met de verovering van de puinen van het dorpje Passendale op 10 november 1917. Een half miljoen Britten en Duitsers waren gedood, gewond of vermist. Passchendaele 1917 is de geschiedenis ingegaan als de grootste slachting van de Eerste Wereldoorlog.
De Slag bij Mesen-Wijtschate en de Slag van Passendale zijn dus onlosmakelijk met elkaar ver- bonden, omdat de één de proloog is op de andere. Beide slagen werden ook geleverd door dezelfde troepen (Britten, Anzacs, Ieren,...), onder dezelfde bevelhebbers (Haig-Plumer en Rupprecht von Bayern).
BAYERNWALD
Men kan er zien hoe de Duitsers onder leiding van Rupprecht van Beieren op deze plek in de huidige gemeente Heuvelland een 40 meter hoge heuvel hadden aangelegd die ze tussen 1914 en 1917 tot een onneembare vesting ombouwden. Wat nu nog te zien is maakt amper 10% uit van wat het ooit was. Vier betonnen bunkers, 320 meter loopgraven en twee mijnschachten, 25 meter diep, zijn gerestaureerd.
De Britten veroverden het complex in 1917 nadat ze 500.000 kg TNT lieten ontploffen die ze via tunnels onder de heuvel hadden geplaatst. De explosie was tot in Londen te horen.
Bayernwald werd ingehuldigd door Prins Wolfgang van Beieren. De bouwer was een broer van zijn grootvader:
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Overview of the World War I German Trenches at Bayernwald
Overview of the German trenches at Bayernwald located in Heuvelland (Belgium).
Film recorded and edited by : R.Decuyper and D.Desmet
Music: Mesmerize Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Rustig de oorlog herdenken in Heuvelland
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Belgium travel tip : Croonaert Chapel - Ypres - Belgium Flanders trip #Belgium
Croonaert Chapel Cemetery is located 6 km south of Ieper town centre, between the villages of Voormezele and Wijtschate. The village of Voormezele is reached via the Kemmelseweg (N331). From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg, (made prominent by a railway level crossing). 2 km along the Kemmelseweg on the left lies the turning onto the Ruusschaartstraat, towards Voormezele village. 1 km down the Ruusschaartstraat and opposite Voormezele church is the right hand turning onto a road called Wijtschatestraat. 1.5 km along the Wijtschatestraat on the right hand side is Croonaert Chapel Cemetery. Visitors to this site should note a 200 metre grassed access path which is unsuitable for vehicles.
Wijtschate, Heuvelland
Croonaert Chapel was a shrine in a hamlet on the Wytschaete-Voormezeele road; and the cemetery is 146 metres West of that road. It was in No Man's Land before the Battle of Messines, 1917. The cemetery was begun by the 19th Division Burial Officer in June, 1917, and used until the following November; two further burials were made in April, 1918 and January, 1919. Fifty-one German graves of June, 1917, were removed after the Armistice. There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified. The Cemetey covers an area of 455 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.
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DE SLAG BIJ HOOGSTRATEN 1814 - 2014
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Heuvelland - Opening of the exhibition Zero Hour
Opening of the exhibition Zero Hour, organised in Wijtschate for the Remembrance weekend for the 90 th anniversary of the Battle for Wijtschate - Messines Ridge, on June 8th and June 9th 2007
Day 10 26Aug2015 Part 3 Ypres,Belgium
Day 10 26 Aug2015 Part 3 Ypres, Belgium
Final Part of WW1 Ypres tour; in Wijtschate, visiting Bayernwald, Pool of Peace (Spanbroekmolen crater)
Music Artist: Boogie Belgique
Song: Smile
British Trenches Sanctuary Wood Hill 62 Ypres
British Trenches Sanctuary Wood Hill 62 Ypres.
World War 1 (WW1)
Waterlogged. It must have been horrendous to have spent several years there.
Address:
Canadalaan 26, 8902 Ieper, Belgium
The German trenches at Bayernwald very close by are much better, but they were recently restored to their original condition, so it is probably not a fair comparison. Watch it below:
Read the text in the video above for important information about how you can enter the site.
Address:
Voormezelestraat, 8950 Heuvelland, Belgium
An excellent chocolate shop. The Praline Paleis. Nearby.
Abelestationsplein 14, 8970 Poperinge, Belgium
Heuvelland - Wijtschate: Theatre Walks
Theatre walks organised for the Remembrance weekend for the 90 th anniversary of the Battle for Wijtschate - Messines Ridge, on June 9th and June 10th 2007
Scheerstraat à Wijtschate
Quelque part en Belgique quoi finalement :)
Kraterfront - littekens - Shelbatra
In dit filmpje naar aanleiding van het Kraterfront (5'14) leren de kinderen de kunstenares Shelbatra Jashari kennen. Ze heeft van nabij een oorlog meegemaakt. De leerlingen leren uit haar getuigenis welke littekens dit bij haar heeft nagelaten.
Praline Palace Belgium
Best chocolate shop in the world. Praline Paleis. Belgium.
Abelestationsplein 14, 8970 Poperinge, Belgium
We have been here twice so far and will probably visit it every time we are on trips in the area.
Other places to visit nearby (although historic and not connected with chocolate) are:
Hill 62. Sanctuary Wood. British trenches with a museum and a restaurant.
Canadalaan 26, 8902 Ieper, Belgium
German trenches. Bayernwald. Adolf Hitler fought here in World War 1 and won the Iron Cross for bravery in helping to save the life of a German officer, although is was recorded at the time that he had a minor role in it. The trenches are recently restored to their excellent original state.
Read the text in the video above for important information about how you can enter the site.
Voormezelestraat, 8950 Heuvelland, Belgium
Photos of German Troops at the Battle of Kemmel During World War 1 (1918)
A collection of photos of German soldiers at the Battle of Kemmel in Belgium said to be taken in May 1918. Original captions are in quotations.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
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Dietrich schacht in Wijtschate Wood (Wytschaetewald)
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