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Hill 60 is an authentic area from the First World War. The artificial hill, built in 1850, stood at a height of approximately 60 meters, hence the name Hill 60. Between 1914 and 1918, fierce fighting took place here between the Germans and the Allies. Starting in 1915, both sides dug tunnels under the hill in which mines were detonated. The explosion of the deep mines on June 7, 1917, created the current landscape of Hill 60. Many soldiers are still buried beneath this hill.

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Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world, located near Passchendaele. It was established in October 1917 and contains over 11,000 graves of soldiers who died during the First World War. The site was strategically important during the Battle of Passchendaele and was used as an advanced dressing station after its capture by the 3rd Australian Division on 4 October 1917. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and includes an impressive Cross of Sacrifice, built on a former German bunker. The cemetery was significantly expanded after the Armistice to include graves from nearby battlefields and smaller cemeteries.

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A poignant anecdote about Tyne Cot Cemetery concerns the father and son, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Moorhouse and Captain Ronald Moorhouse. Both served with the 4th Battalion, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and were killed within an hour of each other during the Third Battle of Ypres. Harry Moorhouse was seeking medical attention for his badly wounded son when he himself was killed. Their bodies were never recovered, but their names are immortalised on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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This crater is very impressive.

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The site covers an area of 34,941 m² and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The cemetery was designed by Herbert Baker in collaboration with John Truelove. A wall of black flint stones, covered with white natural stone, surrounds it. The entrance building is also built of black flint. At the rear is the semi-circular Tyne Cot Memorial with the names of 33,783 missing British soldiers and, in a separate apse, another 1,176 missing New Zealanders. (Wikipedia) It remains impressive every time I pass here on a walk or bike ride. But also those thoughts of absurd and pointless waste of human lives...

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Strategic hill called Hill 60 in the First World War.

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Impressive and oppressive at the same time. Sometimes you just don't have the words. Here are various monuments related to Hill 60. More information: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampf_um_H%C3%B6he_60_(Westfront)

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Zillebeke Pond was created in the 13th century, when a number of ponds were constructed around the city of Ypres for drinking water, the cloth industry and to feed the city canals. In 1217, five ponds were mentioned, to which adjustments were later made. By damming the Zillebeek valley, the Zillebeke pond was formed, which approximately took its current shape around 1295. Source: Wikipedia

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