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Vechten Om Elke Meter Hoogte ar W 0 ja OI i 10 n de Ie p 2014 e r b o IEPER o YPRES g YPERN Wandelfolder Ieperboog Noord - Instappunt Klein Zwaanhof Drie instappunten in de Ieperboog 2018 Het verhaal van de Groote Oorlog wordt op een interactieve en hedendaagse manier verteld in het In Flanders Fields Museum in de Ieperse Lakenhalle. Daar wordt ook toegelicht dat het landschap vandaag de laatste getuige is van vier jaren verwoestende oorlogsvoering. Om Vechten om het landschap echt te ontdekken kun je terecht in drie instappunten langs de frontlijn van de Ieperboog. In het noorden in Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof, in het oosten in Hooge Crater Museum en in het zuiden nabij Hill 60 en Provinciedomein De Palingbeek. De herdenkingsbomen elke meter hoogte markeren de twee frontlijnen tussen de instappunten. Wandeling van 2,8 km op de frontlijnen van de noordelijke Ieperboog Instappunt Klein Zwaanhof ››› De kleine, oorspronkelijke begraafplaatsen De frontlijn van Caesar’s Nose ››› Fortin 17, glooiingen worden bloedheuvels Het Schrijverspad: dichters en schrijvers langs het front Fietsroute Ieperboog – Ypres Salient De loopgraaf Yorkshire Trench en Deep Dug-Out Wie graag de Ieperboog met de fiets verkent kan de routeIeperboog – Ypres Salient volgen. Deze route van 35 km. start en eindigt aan de Lakenhalle op de Grote Markt van Ieper en verbindt de drie instappunten; Noord, Oost en Zuid. Onderweg kom je tal van waardevolle sites gelinkt aan de Eerste Wereldoorlog tegen. De route is verkrijgbaar in alle diensten voor toerisme en het Hooge Crater Museum. ute Hagebos osro Vrijb S N313 te e n b ee Welsh Memorial k Canadees Monument Langemarkseweg Pilkem Calvaire Breton Steenakkermolen K d le pa in LANGEMARK- e e idg P dw oe Le ze ls tr a a t POELKAPELLE Het Sas Blatezak O os tka ai Boezinge Herdenkingsbomen Sebastopol Langs dit wandeltraject in Ieperboog Noord werden 9 (van de in totaal 140) herdenkings- bomen aangeplant op plaatsen waar de eerste frontlijnen een (openbare) weg of pad kruisen. Je herkent deze bomen aan de metalen ge- kleurde korf errond. Rode korven duiden op de Duitse frontlijn, blauwe markeren de geallieerde (Frans en/of Britse) frontlijn. Mo Deze kleuren verwijzen naar de kleuren op ort g e e lweg de frontkaarten. De meeste korven hebben w een infobord met frontfoto en situering van de e s frontlijnen. m Vijfwegen e k De herdenkingsbomen zijn olmen, de boomsoort l i P die eeuwenlang het landschap rond Ieper O typeerde. Door de oorlog en de iepenziekte o s verdwenen bijna alle olmen. De aanplanting t Yorkshire Trench k P Caesar’s van resistente olmen als herdenkingsboom, a a & Dug-out betekent meteen een stuk eerherstel voor deze i Nose mooie laanboom. Hemelrijk Sint - Juliaan Applicatie Ypres St. Julien Dressing K Salient 1914 - 1918 le in De gratis applicatie Ypres Salient 1914-1918 Station e geeft een overzicht van alle herdenkingsbomen P o en suggesties van wandelroutest vanuit de e a z instappunten. De bomen zijna voorzien van een e r ls signaal waarbij je de frontlijnt kunt situeren t s ra op kaart en op historischee luchtfoto’s vanop je a k t tablet. Een echte aanrader!ie Colne Valley r B Applicatie is beschikbaar in app store en Cemetery google Play. WIFI in Instappunt Noord. KANAAL IEPER-IJZER KANAAL Fortuinhoek Mo or tel Pilkem Ridge we g Hane beek Hogeziekenweg at stra atte Ieper-Noord K Site John McCrae e j t rring l oorde e N N38 i W W i el tje Brielen ss tra at W e s tk aa N332 ip a d Wieltje N8 N313 Sint-Jan Reigerburg eg Aeroplane ksew ebee Cemetery onn Saint Charles O N369 Z u d e de Potyze B B e el l le le wa w ar a de a b rd e e ek s W t e ra s a tk t a a i N345 weg Brugse Princess Patricia’s Captains Canadian Light Infantry monument Bowlby & Skrine IEPER Oude Kortrijkstraat Begijnenbos 5. traat erdinges Elv RE Grave 2. Bellewaarde START Liverpool Scottish Stone Vijver Bellewaarde 1. t t park Mark a rote a G r t Bellewaarde s 4. s o Ridge b n e N308 3. n ij T u g l e p B e n Kanonhoek l Hoorn- a a Meen n De seweg Kazematten werkpark Hooge Crater Museum Kasteelhof ‘t Hooge N37 6. Zandberg ‘t Hoge Hooge Crater Hoge Voute Cemetery KANAAL IEPER-KOMEN Natuurdomein Dikkebusvijver- beek Verdronken Weide Hogebos Cana dalaan Zill ebe kev ijve N375 r Provinciedomein Zillebeke Gasthuisbossen Hill 62 P Tortelbos ap po N366 ts B tr ij . la nd e r Zandvoordsestr p aat a d Bedford House N331 Cemetery t a a r t s t o Larch Wood p p a Cemetery P Krommenelst Groenenburgbos t P Zw traa art at ens ele ra ol en Zwarte Leen st dem str. art ran Va Verb Molenbos Hill 60 P Bezoekerscentrum De Palingbeek Woods t W aa er t tr vik a Cemetery s se ra s s t o Caterpillar tr s b aa t n t u le Dikkebus- p First DCLI o Crater e l l M a vijver K Cemetery/ The Bluff K o m Astrolab e n P Hedge Row s e Iris w Trench e Cemetery g Papenelst traat Sluis Vierlingen Voormezele Vaarts t aa Elzenwalle Provinciedomein tr ks Sin bee t-E Palingbeek g loo lin isw B Pa eg ernikk ewal The Bluff lestraat P g e w e s l e s j O i ude R Vaart Sint-Elooi at ra st ek gbe D lin iep Pa en Eekh da Krater ofstra Katteputten leb at ee St.-Elooi Golfclub k De Palingbeek g e w e s r e i t n e m r A Huikerbossen ek Vierstraat be ate ch jts Wi Hollebeke De Kleine Ieperboog of Ypres Salient 1915-17 De frontzone Ieperboog-Noord loopt vanaf het kanaal Ieper-IJzer in Boezinge tot de Noorderring, even voorbij Sint-Jan en Wieltje. Ze behoort tot de Kleine Ieperboog of Ypres Salient 1915/1917. Eind oktober 1914 liep de oorlog vast in een wijde boog rond Ieper. Na de eerste gasaanval van 22 april 1915 krompen de frontlijnen in elkaar tot de Kleine Ieperboog, op nauwelijks 3,5 tot 4,5 km van de stad. Dit front hield 2 jaar en 3 maanden stand, op enkele lokale wijzigingen na. Tijdens de Derde Slag bij Ieper, van 31 juli tot 10 november 1917, braken de Britten de Ieperboog open. Op zijn verst lag het front nu 8 km van de stad. Maar het Duitse Lenteoffensief van 1918 bracht de Ieperboog dichter dan ooit tevoren terug bij Ieper. Toch hielden de geallieerde troepen (Britten, Fransen en Belgen) stand. Door uitputting en de komst van de Amerikaanse troepen moesten de Duitsers eind september 1918 bij een gecombineerd Belgisch-Brits offensief de Ieperboog opgeven. Van Klein Zwaanhof naar Colne Valley Vier jaar oorlog vernietigde op nooit geziene wijze het hele landschap, veegde dorpen en steden weg en kostte het leven aan duizenden burgers en méér dan 500.000 militairen uit de hele wereld. De wandeltocht start in het Klein Zwaanhof waar het Instappunt Noord is ingericht, één van drie instappunten op de Ieperboog. Tijdens deze wandeling vanuit instappunt Noord/Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof, verken je een stukje frontgebied in het noorden van de Ieperboog dat van eind april 1915 tot juli 1917 vrijwel onveranderd bleef. Na de vernietigende gasaanval van 22 april 1915 bereikten de Duitse troepen de omgeving van het instappunt Noord, het Klein Zwaanhof. Ze installeerden er frontlijnen en stellingen In de Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof kan je uitvoerig kennismaken met het oorlogsverhaal dat zich op een bescheiden helling tussen het kanaal Ieper-IJzer en de Zonnebeekseweg, de Pilkem hier afspeelde. Je vindt er de heropgebouwde Duitse bunker Fortin 17, een inleidende film en Ridge. De Franse troepen konden stand houden langs de Kleine Poezelstraat. authentiek oorlogsmateriaal. Het Klein Zwaanhof ligt letterlijk op twee Britse loopgraven uit 1915 en 1917. Deze worden geduid op de parking en in het instappunt. Even ten noorden van de parking ontdek je langs de Kleine Poezelstaat een reeks herdenkingsbomen die de geallieerde frontlijn markeren. Door de eerste gasaanval van 22 april 1915 klapte het Franse front ineen. Ongeveer 1.200 Instappunt soldaten stierven door verstikking. De Duitse infanterie bereikte het Kanaal Ieper-IJzer in Boezinge. Vandaar waaierde de frontlijn zuidoostwaarts uit naar de omgeving van de Moortelweg. NOORD Het wandeltraject vertrekt zuidwaarts op de Kleine Poezelstraat - naar rechts als je Adres: Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof uit Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof komt. Na ongeveer 300 meter wandelen ontdek je rechts Kleine Poezelstraat 6 - 8904 Boezinge een kleine Britse begraafplaats. Openingsuren: van 01/04 tot 15/11: 10u. › 17.45u. en van 16/11 tot 31/03: 10u. › 16.45u. Colne Valley Cemetery ontstond kort nadat de Britten deze sector overnamen. De naam verwijst naar een riviervallei in West Yorkshire, waar de Britse troepen die hier vochten vandaan kwamen. Er liggen 47 Britse militairen begraven, die sneuvelden tussen juli 1915 en februari 1916. Ondanks de ligging dicht bij het front, bleef de begraafplaats de hele oorlog in Britse handen. De begraafplaats lag op de hellende valleiwand van de Zwaanhofbeek. Nadat de site werd omsingeld door de opgehoogde industriezone, ontstonden er problemen met de afwatering. Daarom werd beslist om de hele begraafplaats op te hogen. Tot de Eerste Wereldoorlog bevatte het agrarische landschap in deze omgeving nog vele hagen, houtkanten, boomrijen, sloten, poelen, … De troepen zochten deze landschapselementen op om beschutting te zoeken en zich in te graven. Zo liep er ter hoogte van Colne Valley een brede houtkant oostwaarts, dwars op de helling naar het grote grasland toe.
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