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Bayernwald Trenches
Croonaert Wood was one of the sites used by German units to defend the area around the Ypres Salient. The Germans built a defensive complex of trenches, dugouts and bunkers on the slightly elevated landscape, from which artillery observers had an excellent view of the ground around Wijtschate and Ypres. The location was called Bayernwald by German soldiers due to the fact that the first German soldiers to be stationed there were from Bavaria (Bayern in German).
The area was the site of extensive mining activity by both German and British units during the war. Before the Battle of Messines, the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers placed a large mine around the German strongpoint Günther, not far from the Bayernwald trenches.
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Places of Flanders Fields (2) : Yser to Plugstreet timelapse
Relics and remains of World War One are still to be seen in belgian Flanders area. This is where fierce fighting were held and where hundreds of thousands soldiers from France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India... were fallen. Places of remembrance are numerous along the old front line stretching from the North Sea (Yser river) to the Ypres Salient and the french border.
This timelapse movie shows an overview of some Flanders Fields places of interest : Ramskapelle observation post, german bunker Dodengang Diksmuide, Yorkshire Trench and Dugout Boezinge, Hill 63 Plugstreet(Ploegsteert), The Tunneler Wijtschate, Pool of Peace Wijtschate, Ziegler bunker Boezinge, Mesen church, Prowse Point cemetery Plugstreet, Berks Cemetery memorial Plugstreet, Indian monument Menen gate Ypres, Welsh memorial Langemark, Spanbroekmolen cemetery Wijtschate, Buttes cemetery Zonnebeke, Canadian Monument Passendaele, New Zealand Memorial Mesen, New zealand soldier Mesen, Loker War monument, Irish Peace Park Mesen, Ramskapelle belgian war graves, Potyze french cemetery Ypres, Loker church, Black Swatch monument Zonnebeke, Memorial Stone Charles Sciascia Warneton, Bedford House cemetery Zillebeke.
Ypres Belgium 2017
May 2017 cycling around Ypres and surrounding area visiting the battlefields ,including finding my great uncle Herbert Taylor 70622 in Tyne Cott cemetery who died in the WW1 on the 17 August 1917 With Joe Bell ,Stuart Bell and Gavin Wrobel
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Remembrance & History, Eurometropolis - Lille, Kortrijk, Tournai - Unravel Travel TV
For many centuries, the frontier zone covered by the Eurometropolis area has been a battlefield of Europe due to its geographical location at the crossroads of nations' destiny. The area has preserved numerous scars as well as an exceptional historical and commemorative heritage. The frontline of the First World War crossed Flanders and the Picardie region. The In Flanders Fields museum in Ypres retraces the history of daily life in the trenches. On the other side of the square, you can read on the walls of the Menenpoort, a memorial gate resembling a Roman triumph, the names of 54.896 soldiers of the British Empire who disappeared during this war. Since 1928, the Last Post can be heard every night at 8 o'clock p.m., echoing under the impressive vaults. In the Region of the Lys, the Flanders Field American cemetery in Waregem and the German military cemetery of Menen are both very important places of remembrance. The fortresses of Bondues and of Seclin, the museum of the resistance in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and the birth house of Charles de Gaulle in Lille also testify of the people's resistance during the Second World War.
Bayernwald (Bayern Wood)
This unique German site is located between the villages of Wijtschate and Voormezele. The site consists of two mine galleries, a mine shaft, a trench system and five bunkers. It is accessed via a footpath which passes through the restored network of trenches. A series of information panels give details of the events which took place here and explain what life at the front was really like.
German Military Cemetery Menen
The German military cemetery at Menen is the largest German war cemetery in Western Europe, commemorating no fewer than 47 900 fallen soldiers. During WWI Menen was occupied by German troops, where several German hospitals and cemeteries were constructed. This cemetery was located close to a wood, hence the name 'Meenen Wald'. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Belgian Military Cemetery Vleteren
French soldiers started this cemetery in the autumn of 1914. Only by June 1916, the Belgians took it over. After the war, the site was enlarged and the French soldiers were relocated. This cemetery became one of the nine Belgian military cemeteries in West-Flanders. A total of 1 207 soldiers found their last resting-place in the Belgian military cemetery in the village of Westvleteren. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Commonwealth Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek & Visitor Centre.
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is the impressive witness of more than four years of war violence. From 1915 until 1920 the hamlet of Lijssenthoek became the venue for the biggest evacuation hospital in the Ypres Salient. Today the cemetery evokes daily reflections of the Great War. The visitor centre tells the story of this unique site.
Cimetière Militaire Commonwealth du Tyne Cot
Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest military cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the continent. This impressive cemetery has almost 12,000 tombstones. The impressive rear wall of the cemetery contains the names of 35,000 soldiers missing in action. On 12 July 2007 a brand new visitor infrastructure was opened. The new visitor centre offers a unique view over the former battlefields and contains much information on Tyne Cot Cemetery and the fallen of Passchendaele.
Cimetière militaire français Ossuaire français Kemmel
The mass grave at the foot of Kemmel Hill contains the remains of 5 294 French soldiers, of whom just 57 are identified. Their names can be seen on the central monument.Most of those men died during the battle for Kemmel Hill in April 1918. The panorama of the surroundings from this point is impressive. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Mine Crater at St.Eloi
The crater at St.Eloi is the result of the largest deep mine detonated during the war. The crater is flanked by an intact British bunker from 1917 and stands just 100 metres from another crater, the result of one of the six mines exploded on 27 March 1916 during the Attack of St.Eloi.
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SeaMeCycle 2 - A Ride to Remember
SeaMeCycle 2: Riding for Remembrance through Northern France and West Flanders
Five hundred kilometers, 2 countries in 7 days with 8 people. That is the plan for the SeaMeCycle 2 tour.
Howest journalism interns, staff and supporters from 2Seas Interreg projects SeaMedia and Bike Friendly Cities start the remembrance ride on Tuesday the 10th of June at Le Grand Mix in Tourcoing, France at 13:30*.
With stops in Fiefs, Neufchatel-Hardelot, Boulogne sur Mer, Wimereux and Dunkirk, France as well as Merkem, Kemmel and Kortrijk, Belgium, the SeaMeCycle 8 invites everyone to join the tour at any point along the way.
Like the first SeaMeCycle tour in October 2013, part 2 aims to raise awareness that people can travel by bike cheaply and healthily from city to city and country to country, enjoying the ride with friends, colleagues and cyclists of all levels, connecting with the forces of nature and learning about the regions they pass through. SeaMeCycle 2 also puts the focus on remembering and observing history by reflecting on WWI along the way.
While on route, the SeaMeCycle 8 will capture stories from the road via video, photo and audio reports that will draw attention to cycling and remembrance tourism. The tour will include stops at the Bike Friendly Cities conference in Boulogne sur Mer on the 12th of June, where the SeameCycle team will present videos made during their previous tour. Familiar faces from the first tour will join them the following night at the Leffrinckoucke bunkers in Dunkirk for an audio-visual evening of video-mapping. After that, they will spend 2 days exploring many WWI-related places in West Flanders, including the Peace Tower in Diksmuide, Messines Peace Village and the Menen Gate in Ieper for the nightly Last Post ceremony.
Follow the SeaMeCycle 2 tour via:
facebook.com/SeaMeCycle
twitter.com/SeaMeCycle
(cycling route)
(videos from SeaMeCycle 1)
For more information, contact Sarah Markewich from SeaMedia Howest: sarah.markewich[at]howest.be
*The cycling tour will leave The Studios at Howest in Kortrijk, Belgium at 11:00 to ride together to Tourcoing, France for the official start. All are welcome to join them from Kortrijk as well. If interested, contact Sarah Markewich for details.
Belevingsroute Oostende tijdens de groote Oorlog
Een gloednieuwe fietstocht in het kader van de herdenking van 100 jaar Groote Oorlog, brengt je langs deze en andere markante historische plaatsen.
Onderweg laten infoborden de bezoeker kennismaken met de historische achtergrond van Oostende tijdens de Groote Oorlog: het belang van de haven van Oostende en van de kustverdediging, de vluchtelingenstroom enz.
Al fietsend langs de WOI-sites van Oostende ontdek je toffe animaties en muziek. Starten doe je individueel vanuit Raversyde, waar je kortfilms te zien krijgt over vrede en er bovendien een bezoek kan gebracht worden aan de Atlantikwall.
Van daaruit vertrekken we richting het Fort Napoleon met onderweg gedichtlezingen, animaties en een boottocht. Hier stap je even af voor een optreden met Ierse traditionals, een mogelijkheid om je picknick op te eten en spiegelsoldaten. Verder in de tocht vinden we Klaroenblazers terug en ontdek je Oostende op een heel andere manier.
Afspraak dus op zaterdag 25 en zondag 26 april tussen 10u30 en 12u in Raversyde. Dit is meer dan fietsen, dit is beleven.