오베르쿠르 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

2015년 국민 추모일 연설에서 당시 연방 대통령 요아힘 가우크는 제가 이 군인 묘지 방문객들에게 고려해 보라고 제안하고 싶은 몇 가지 생각을 표현했습니다: + "이것은... 우리 모두의 희망입니다. 전쟁의 고통에 대한 기억이 복수를 낳는 것이 아니라, 점점 더 많은 사람들과 국가들이 민족 간의 평화로운 공존에서 출구를 찾도록 하는 것입니다. 유럽 통합을 우리 대륙의 위대한 평화 프로젝트로 만드는 데 성공했던 것처럼 말입니다. (...) 알베르트 슈바이처가 한때 말했듯이, 군인 묘지가 마침내 위대한 평화의 설교자가 되기를 바랍니다. 그러면 우리는 경험했듯이, 무덤 위에서의 화해가 가능해질 것입니다. 그러면 평화는 지속될 수 있습니다. 이를 위해 우리는 공동의 책임을 집니다."

Villers-Bretonneux military cemetery; this cemetery contains the graves of Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and airmen: 1089 British soldiers, 779 Australians, 267 Canadians, 2 New Zealanders and 4 South Africans

As a memorial to the endless number of war dead, such a “Cimetiere militaire” – in German they are usually referred to as a “war cemetery” or “soldiers' cemetery” – is still very important today. “Now you, Lord, let your servant depart in peace, as you said...” it says in the so-called “Song of Simeon” (Gospel of Luke chapter 2, verse 29). However, the many people buried here by no means died in peace, but rather became victims of war and an inhumane tyranny. The most important and at the same time enduring function of military or honorary cemeteries or war cemeteries is to keep the memory of this suffering alive and - every generation anew (!) - to remind us of the lasting preservation of peace.

The Vendeville park is the main and largest park in the Municipality of Villers-Bretonneux. It borders the city hall as well as the Timmerman stadium.

This must-see offers us a view of the Cross of Sacrifice which adorns all of the Commonwealth's cemeteries.

A place of remembrance of the Great War. If you climb to the top of the tower you will have the right to panorama of the surroundings.

The place was in the Franco-Prussian War on 27./28. November 1870 scene of heavy fighting during the Battle of Amiens (1870). During the First World War, on April 24, 1918, there were battles between British and German tank units as part of the German spring offensive. On August 8, 1918, the "black day of the German Army", allied, in particular Australian and Canadian units, broke through the German lines in the vicinity of Amiens. The Australian National Memorial, inaugurated by King George VI on July 22, 1938, as well as several monuments, military cemeteries and the Musée du soldat australien commemorate the war dead.