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Merode Marienbildchen War Cemetery

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Langerwehe

Merode Marienbildchen War Cemetery

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Merode Marienbildchen War Cemetery

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Location: Langerwehe, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Schloss Merode – Marienbildchen War Cemetery loop from Merode

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2. Laufenburg Castle – View of Laufenburg Castle loop from Langerwehe

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3. Schloss Merode – Schloss Merode loop from Merode

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Andrea und Chico

September 15, 2018

Marienbildchen- final resting place of young men from the Second World War, who were sacrificed in the last days of the war. Many of these young men were only 17/18 years old.

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Silke mit Ru🅱️y 🐾 & Ell🅰️ 🐾

October 28, 2018

War Cemetery Merode "Marienbildchen"
The cemetery is located on the leading to Klosterruine Schwarzenbroich Marienweg on the northern edge of the former combat area Hürtgenwald.
The name
Marienbildchen is reminiscent of the princess of Merode-Westerloo, who had mounted on a oak a picture of Mary, which has now been replaced by a wooden statue of Mary and is also the station of an annual procession.
A total of 226 fallen German soldiers are resting on this forest cemetery under the protective roof of the trees: 128 in individual graves and 98 in two collective graves; 170 are known by name. They fell in the bitter fighting from November to mid-December 1944 between Merode and Wenau at the "Battle of Hürtgenwald". Many of the casualties are 18- to 20-year-old paratroopers. "

Source and further information under volksbund.de/dk/nordrhein-westfalen/nrw-infotafeln0/info-tafeln-koeln/nrw-merode.html

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Andreas S. 🥾🚴‍♀️

August 6, 2019

One of the nicer military cemeteries .. In the middle of the forest .. A place to think

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