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The front lines entry point covers the Ypres Salient from the Ypres-IJzer Canal in hardly moved from November 1914 (eastern and southern sections) Boezinge to Wieltje. After the fi rst major gas attack, on 22 April or late April 1915 (northern section) to 7 June 1917 (southern 1915, the northern part of the Ypres Salient was one of the most section) or August 1917 (northern and eastern sections). More than fi ercely contended battlefi elds during the Second Battle of Ypres. 50 nations were involved in the trench warfare that dragged on for nearly four years within a radius of barely 2½ to 3 miles around Perched on the edge of the industrial area, Klein Zwaanhof literally Ypres. forms a separation from what is still an open agricultural area, where many war relicts have been preserved in the ground. A hundred years after the major world confl agration the war landscape is the last remaining evidence of the confl ict. That is An exceptionally high number of WWI literary fi gures also ‘passed why the In Flanders Fields Museum gives particular prominence to through’ here. The entry point uses a fi lm, information panels and the Ypres Salient. The historical interpretation in the museum and authentic war objects to bring to life the dramatic events that the impressive view from the tower is followed by an experience unfolded in the Northern Ypres Salient. of the war landscape itself. The three entry points created along the Ypres Salient provide an opportunity to discover traces of the orld Wa past in the landscape of today. Visitors can use the entry points free W r I i n of charge. A fi lm and information panels are provided to show you t h what happened at this site more than 100 years ago. Remembrance e trees planted along the front lines reveal the location of the German Y Walking tour p and Allied lines. The detailed Ypres Salient 1914-1918 digital app r e shows traces of the present-day landscape on aerial photographs IEPER s Fighting for every metre of height from the past. S A walking tour covering 2.8 km, starting from the North Entry a l Point, leads visitors to and through the notorious front line area i YPRES e called ‘Caesar’s Nose’, featuring two special cemeteries, Colne n Valley and Caesar’s Nose, and the trench reconstructed on the basis t of the original Yorkshire Trench & Dug-Out. YPERN A separate walking trail map is available from the Ypres Tourist Offi ce and in the Nothern entry point. Klein Zwaanhof Discover the Entry point Ypres Salient 138 Remembrance trees NORTH Three entry points Three walking tours Adress: Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof Kleine Poezelstraat 6 - 8904 Boezinge Digital app Opening hours: 01/04 to 15/11: 10:00 › 17:45 hrs. 16/11 to 31/03: 10:00 › 16:45 hrs. View over No Man’s land at The Bluff (Palingbeek Natural Reserve) Caesar’s Nose from entry point north East entry point at Hooge Crater Saint Charles de Potyze - French Cemetery East entry point This entry point is located near the Hooge Crater Museum & Café on the Meenseweg in Zillebeke. This present-day version of a museum café is housed in a former local school with a memorial chapel, next to a reconstructed castle estate (Kasteelhof ’t Hooghe hotel), and Wandeling tours opposite the impressive CWGC cemetery Hooge Crater Cemetery. By car Accommodated in the former playground’s toilets, the entry point is War around a castle estate Ypres Salient Route focused on the central area of the Ypres Salient: Bellewaarde Ridge, A walking tour from 3.5 to 7.4 km to Bellewaarde Ridge, Hooge and the many long-gone castle estates. Kasteelpark ’t Hooghe, Crater Wood and the distinctive R.E. Grave The Ypres Salient is a curved front line which was formed around and Liverpool Scottish monuments and the French Saint Charles de the city of Ypres in the First World War. A tourist car route of 70 The entry point is the gateway to the varied Eastern Ypres Salient Potijze Cemetery and the CWGC Aeroplane Cemetery. kilometres was mapped out along that line. This route will take you landscape, spread either side of the Meenseweg, featuring an A separate walking trail map is available from the Ypres Tourist to the most famous sites that remind of the war years ‘14 - ‘18, such authentically preserved front line area, major cemeteries, the Offi ce and in the entry point (museum café) as the John Mac Crae site, the German cemetery in Langemarck, magnifi cent landscape around Hill 62 and the delightful wooded Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele, the Memorial Museum area of Sanctuary Wood. Passchendaele 1917 in Zonnebeke and Hill 60 in Zillebeke. The Hooge Crater Museum presents emotionally engaging scenes The map is available at the Tourism offi ce. (€6) showing just how much this locality suffered between May 1915 and September 1917. By bike Ypres Salient Entry point The Ypres Salient lends itself perfectly to discovery on two wheels. The signposted 35-kilometre Ypres Salient cycling route starts from and ends up on the Ypres Grote Markt. On the way you can stop off at the three entry points and various outstanding cemeteries, sites EAST Toerisme Ieper - In Flanders Fields Museum and monuments linked to the First World War. Bike rentals locations Lakenhalle - Grote Markt 34 - B-8900 Ieper - T. +32 (0)57 239 220 on www.visitypres.com Adress: Hooge Crater Museum Meenseweg 467 - 8902 Zillebeke www.toerisme-ieper.be - www.infl andersfi elds.be The map is available at the Ypres Tourist Offi ce (€2) Openingsuren: The museum is closed on Mondays but the entry points is always accessible. Hooge Crater Museum South entry point South entry point Caterpillar Crater Remembrance trees The South entry point is housed in a modern, half-open pavilion on 138 Remembrance trees along the Small Ypres Salient. the former German front line, 300 yards or so from the main car park of De Palingbeek natural reserve.
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