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Wasserkuppe aviation memorial

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Wasserkuppe aviation memorial

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    April 6, 2021

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    It was built in 1923 in memory of the fallen pilots of the First World War (1914-1918), on the initiative of an association of former front-line aviation associations. According to estimates by the Fuldaer Zeitung reporter, 100,000 people attended the inauguration on August 30, 1923.
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    August 27, 2020

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    The aviator memorial in the Rhön was erected in 1923 and commemorates the field pilots who died in World War I.
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    October 29, 2022

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    Monument from another time.
    But it is impressively done, today it encourages climbing.
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    Location: Gersfeld (Rhön), Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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