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Hürtgenwald

Hürtgenwald

Shinji and others planned a hike

August 24, 2020

Hürtgenwald

Hard

09:28

28.0km

3.0km/h

570m

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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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Waypoints

Vossenack German War Cemetery

Highlight • Historical Site

The greatest number of casualties on both sides were caused by the Battle of All Souls Day, fought on the West Wall in the autumn of 1944. Here, at the …

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2.69 km

World War II Supply Trench in Hürtgenwald

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These depressions can be found in the Hürtgenwald area but also at the Wilder Kemeter in the direction of Rurberg. Unfortunately you don't take good pictures.

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4.45 km

Memorial to Robert G. Canfield and Robert Cahow in the Hürtgen Forest

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It is important that places like the ones hiked here in the Hürtgenwald, illustrated and partly described, keep alive the memory of the hardship, misery and suffering of that time, …

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5.07 km

Bunker 113 and Memorial to PFC Robert Cahow

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Old positions and cover holes, as well as a memorial stone for two American and one German soldiers, whose skeletons were found during forest work in 1976, tell of killing …

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5.47 km

The former bunker 113, which was probably blown up during the war. Bunker 113 is not the only legacy of the battle in the Hürtgenwald. Three other bunkers are on the edge of the path, blown up after the war.

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6.78 km

Abandoned bunker in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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Remains of a BUNKER 👀

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9.70 km

Water bunker Lammersdorf/Jägerhaus

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Between Lammersdorf and Jägerhaus near the B399 lies the here presented water bunker, a high tank, hidden in the forest. The bunker is of course no longer in operation today. …

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13.2 km

Kall Reservoir

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Was built in 1934 and holds 2.1 million m * of water.

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17.5 km

Bunker 139/40, Siegfried Line, Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

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During the Second World War, the Buhlert was part of the highly contested northern Eifel, for example, during the Battle of Hürtgenwald, the scene of defense of the Wehrmacht against …

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18.0 km

Westwall Bunker 135 (Hürtgenwald)

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Bunker 132 of the west wall, where the German Wehrmacht employed the advancing Allies for a while.
Unlike some other bunkers this is open and can be visited. Sturdy shoes …

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18.3 km

Bunker 132 (Westwall)

Highlight • Monument

the bunker can be entered. Please note the information label. From 01.10.-31.03. Hibernate here bats. Any disturbance tugs at their powers and can kill them

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20.0 km

Westwall Bunker

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A piece of history can be found here

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22.4 km

Water bunker in the Hohes Venn-Eifel

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This bunker is actually a shelter for bats now. The grille has unfortunately fallen off ..

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23.2 km

Remains of a World War II bunker in Buhlert Woods

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Remains of a bunker from the 2nd World War. Not much to see except some concrete parts - and garbage ... piglets!

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25.7 km

Bunker 59 Entrance

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Entry to bunker 59 👍👀💨

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26.1 km

Luftwaffenfestungs-Bataillon XXIV Oktober 1944 Simonskall

Memorial

26.2 km

Medical Bunker Simonskall

Highlight • Historical Site

The former medical bunker is open every 1st Sunday of the month (March to November)
Open from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and can be visited.

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28.0 km

Parking

28.0 km

Vossenack German War Cemetery

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The greatest number of casualties on both sides were caused by the Battle of All Souls Day, fought on the West Wall in the autumn of 1944. Here, at the …

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.2 km

2.32 km

1.01 km

296 m

189 m

Surfaces

8.98 km

8.76 km

4.77 km

3.65 km

1.59 km

249 m

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (310 m)

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Hürtgenwald

Vossenack German War Cemetery

World War II Supply Trench in Hürtgenwald

Memorial to Robert G. Canfield and Robert Cahow in the Hürtgen Forest

Bunker 113 and Memorial to PFC Robert Cahow

Ruins of Bunker 113

Abandoned bunker in Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Water bunker Lammersdorf/Jägerhaus

Kall Reservoir

Bunker 139/40, Siegfried Line, Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Westwall Bunker 135 (Hürtgenwald)

Bunker 132 (Westwall)

Westwall Bunker

Water bunker in the Hohes Venn-Eifel

Remains of a World War II bunker in Buhlert Woods

Bunker 59 Entrance

Medical Bunker Simonskall

Vossenack German War Cemetery

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