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Route of Commemoration, information board 10

Wallonie

Route of Commemoration, information board 10

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Route of Commemoration, information board 10

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Location: Bütgenbach, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Lake Robertville – Lake Robertville loop from Robertville

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2. Warche – Beautiful trail through the fields loop from Bütgenbach

15.2km

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230m

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3. Warche Riverside Trail – Lake Robertville loop from Nidrum

13.3km

03:36

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

March 19, 2022

From the information board, it's a short climb uphill in the direction of the Ravel cycle path. Approximately in the middle of this section there are two benches that invite you to take a break. A nice, sunlit rest area.

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

March 19, 2022

Excerpt of text passages from the information board:
In anticipation of a German invasion, the Belgian military had provided the strategically important bridge over the Warche valley with explosive ammunition. The bridge was under military guard day and night. In the German regiment "Brandenburg 800 z.b.V." in Münstereifel, two commandos were trained to take the viaduct and occupy Sourbrodt station. The group consisted of 12 men: half were Reich Germans, the other half locals who had been in Germany for some time and had joined the German Wehrmacht. On the morning of May 10th an attempt was made to capture the bridge. However, while fleeing from the attackers, the bridge was blown up. As a result of a hasty radio message from the Germans that the viaduct had been taken intact, the responsible army command set waiting military trains on the march. These arrived en masse in Sourbrodt, where word of the blast had meanwhile been found. As a result, the troops had to continue their journey into the interior of the country via country roads.

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

June 22, 2023

Excerpt of text passages from the information board:
By August 1940, German engineer units had built an emergency bridge that carried the rail track over the Warchetal on two wooden scaffoldings. In 1941/1942 work began on building the passage tunnel that exists today and piling up the dam to give it the shape it has today. The masses of earth to fill up the dam were obtained from the surrounding fields. The traces of this dredging are still visible in the terrain today. The wooden scaffolding remained in the dam, but the iron girders with the rail track were removed.

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Location: Bütgenbach, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Route of Commemoration, information board 10

1. Lake Robertville – Lake Robertville loop from Robertville

2. Warche – Beautiful trail through the fields loop from Bütgenbach

3. Warche Riverside Trail – Lake Robertville loop from Nidrum

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