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Deselaers-Stein Memorial

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Eschweiler

Deselaers-Stein Memorial

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Deselaers-Stein Memorial

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Location: Eschweiler, Städteregion Aachen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Small Stream in Eschweiler Forest – Duffenter Pond loop from Pumpe

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2. Duffenter Pond – Eschweiler Bee Stand loop from Donnerberg

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3. View of the Eschweiler Power Plant – Pond in the Eschweiler Forest loop from Pumpe

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October 23, 2022

During the "Arbor Day" in 1958, a memorial stone was inaugurated in the city forest that hardly anyone knows today - the Deselaers stone.
The man who was honored with this stone could give the speech of thanks himself. Foreman Emil Deselaers from the Wenau forestry office, who was about to retire at the time, looked after the Eschweiler city forest for several decades and transformed it from an area severely damaged by industry and war into a recreational forest.

On April 12, 1924, Emil Deselaers took over the Wenau forestry office and thus also the care of the Eschweiler city forest. At that time, the forest was severely damaged by the toxic exhaust fumes from the Birkengang zinc works. The city forest consisted almost entirely of coppice. Even after the Second World War, the forest manager made sure that the city forest was reforested and converted into a high forest.

The inscription on the stone reads: "Forestmeister Deselaers, the long-standing meritorious caretaker of our city forest". Today the inscription can hardly be deciphered.
Source: eifelverein-indeland.de

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April 7, 2025

Unfortunately, today, April 7, 2025, hardly any of the writing can be read.

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Location: Eschweiler, Städteregion Aachen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Small Stream in Eschweiler Forest – Duffenter Pond loop from Pumpe

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3. View of the Eschweiler Power Plant – Pond in the Eschweiler Forest loop from Pumpe

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