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Rotbach Valley Barracks Camp Memorial

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Kreis Wesel

Dinslaken

Rotbach Valley Barracks Camp Memorial

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Rotbach Valley Barracks Camp Memorial

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Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

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Location: Dinslaken, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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2. Rotbach Stream – Rotbach Lake loop from Dinslaken

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3. Testerberge Trail – Heidhof Experience Center loop from Dinslaken

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Maik

October 26, 2017

Here was a barrack camp for foreign workers.

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Andre04

July 5, 2019

Lost Place the barracks camp. It's interesting

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Hagi31

November 1, 2017

A commemorative stele on Rotbach-Weg now explains what is happening to the dilapidated concrete foundations under the motorway bridge.
The Rotbach east of Hiesfeld was not always as idyllic as it is today: only a few years ago, the stream that flows from Bottrop via Dinslaken into the Rhine was straightforward and monotonous in this area. Since the water body redesign by the Lippeverband there is also a busy cycle path.

And there is the stela now. It tells a short story from the time of the Second World War and explains what the remains of concrete walls, overgrown with shrubs, stand in sight of in a meadow. From 1939 to 1945 here was a barracks camp, in it lived more than 100 workers from Western Europe as well as forced laborers and former prisoners. They built only on the highway, were then used in the Ruhr chemistry. Many did not survive the war and died in bombing raids.

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Location: Dinslaken, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Totem Poles on Halde Haniel – Halde Haniel Mountain Arena loop from Dinslaken

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