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Polish Memorial (Polendenkmal)

Polish Memorial (Polendenkmal)

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Polish Memorial (Polendenkmal)

Recommended by 90 mountain bikers out of 96

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Location: Basel-Landschaft, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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1. View from Sissacher Fluh – View of the Jura Hills loop from Augarten

32.1km

03:08

820m

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2. Endless Trail Sissach – Endless Trail Sissach loop from Sissach

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02:11

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3. View of the Jura Hills – View of Wintersingen loop from Gelterkinden

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02:23

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MiTsch

August 4, 2019

During the German campaign in the west, the 2nd Polish Infantry Rifle Division under the command of Bronisław Prugar-Ketling was sent to the Belfort region in early June 1940 to support the French 8th Army. After they were cut off from supplies, 12,000 to 13,000 Polish soldiers of the 2nd Rifle Division south of the Ajoie crossed the Swiss border on June 19 and 20, 1940 to avoid capture. The soldiers were interned in Switzerland in accordance with the Hague Convention. After an unsuccessful attempt to concentrate the Poles mainly in a camp in Büren an der Aare with 117 barracks, these were distributed throughout the country. From 1941 onwards, barracks were built all over Switzerland, in which the Poles were interned until December 1945.
The interned Poles mainly did work in groups for national defense, infrastructure (road and bridge construction, draining of swamps and reeds) and in agriculture. A total of 450 kilometers of paths, bridges and canals were built. All over the country, monuments and plaques commemorate the involuntary stay of the internees. (Source Wikipedia)

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Alex Hasler

April 16, 2023

A beautiful spot where you are welcome to linger. Right next to it there are several places to sit along the way and also barbecue facilities.

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Location: Basel-Landschaft, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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Polish Memorial (Polendenkmal)

1. View from Sissacher Fluh – View of the Jura Hills loop from Augarten

2. Endless Trail Sissach – Endless Trail Sissach loop from Sissach

3. View of the Jura Hills – View of Wintersingen loop from Gelterkinden

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