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French Soldiers Memorial Rübgarten

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French Soldiers Memorial Rübgarten

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French Soldiers Memorial Rübgarten

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    January 20, 2019

    Running

    In 1945 French troops took Rübgarten. Three of these French soldiers were shot nearby, as the stone cross with French inscription should remind.
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    January 6, 2026

    Hiking

    Memorial to three French soldiers who fell in 1945; stone cross (without corpus) on a pedestal with inscription.

    On April 22, 1945, three French marines were found dead about 300 meters from Rübgarten, in the direction of the Gniebler Forest. In retaliation, the advancing French set fire to 13 buildings. Since firefighting was forbidden, the houses burned down. A simple stone cross with an inscription in French, surrounded by a hedge near the cemetery, commemorates the three fallen French soldiers.
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    July 12, 2018

    Cycling

    On April 19, 1945 Rübgarten was taken by French troops.
    On Sunday, April 22, 1945 three French soldiers were shot near the present Aussiedlerhofes Laux.
    Not far from the cemetery, surrounded by a hedge, reminiscent of the three fallen Frenchmen, a simple stone cross with inscription in French.
    Source: http: //rübgarten-geschichte.de/geocaching/franzosendenkmal.html


    The translation:
    Here are
    the captain Le Jeune,
    the sergeant Richard and
    the gunner Antoine
    on April 22, 1945
    fallen in the field of honor.
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    Location: Pliezhausen, Landkreis Reutlingen, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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