Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 26 out of 28 hikers
Location: Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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4.39km
70m
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03:01
11.4km
110m
4.6
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735
06:47
24.8km
360m
The Allied Cemetery conveys history from the Koblenz past. It is an impressive park.
April 9, 2019
Allied cemetery (field 49a, 49b, 49c): memorial stones from several wars compiled:
Antique stele with the names of the French soldiers who died in the Karthaus camp in 1870/1;Wooden cross in memory of the French and African soldiers of Emperor Napoleon III;Sandstone obelisk for the fallen 1870/71, 1885;Allied Monument or Duck Monument, obelisk on top of a hill, 1927;Russian memorial: altar-like sandstone block, in memory of prisoners of war and forced laborers from Eastern European countries, 1950;to the west, above the Allied cemetery, a small chapel as a foundation for the French prisoners of war on the Carthusian monastery in the Franco-German war;Source: denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Koblenz.pdf (page 20/21)
September 23, 2021
One of the warning sights at the main cemetery in Koblenz, which is embedded in a beautiful park.
November 6, 2021
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Location: Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.0
(2)
15
01:12
4.39km
70m
5.0
(3)
43
03:01
11.4km
110m
4.6
(165)
735
06:47
24.8km
360m