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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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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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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