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Mountain Peaks

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Wasserkuppe aviation memorial

Mountain Peaks

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Wasserkuppe aviation memorial

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Wasserkuppe aviation memorial

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Naturpark Hessische Rhön

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Location: Gersfeld (Rhön), Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Martina

April 6, 2021

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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spessartnic 🥾

August 27, 2020

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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Hermine

June 23, 2021

The aviator memorial on the Wasserkuppe - the mountain of the aviators - consists of basalt stones as a foundation and an eagle sculpture made of bronze, which was created by the sculptor and animal sculptor Professor August Gaul.

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.

The inscription on the aviator memorial reads:

"WEATHER
DEAD FLYERS REMAINED
WINNER
BY US ALONE.
PEOPLE,
YOU FLY AGAIN
AND YOU WILL
WINNER
THROUGH YOU
ALONE."
From the aviator memorial you have a wonderful view over the Rhön.

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Elevation 930 m

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Sunday 11 January

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Location: Gersfeld (Rhön), Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Wasserkuppe aviation memorial

1. Wasserkuppe with radome – Pferdskopf Summit loop from Wasserkuppe

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