Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres
Western Front demarcation stones, known in French as bornes du Front or bornes Vauthier and in Dutch as demarcatiepalen, are monuments erected in France and Belgium to mark the limit of the German advance during the First World War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dikkebusvijver and Voormezeele Enclosure N° 3.
Voormezeele Enclosure N° 3
Cemetery
Voormezeele Enclosure N° 3 is a cemetery, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres.
Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2
Cemetery
Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2 is a cemetery, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Voormezele and Sint-Elooi.
Sint-Elooi
Hamlet
Sint-Elooi is a small village, about 5 km south of Ypres in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres. Sint-Elooi is situated 2½ km southeast of Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres.
Vlamertinge
Village
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vlamertinge is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a borough of the city of Ypres. The village centre of Vlamertinge lies just outside the city centre of Ypres, along the main road N38 to the nearby town of Poperinge. Vlamertinge is situated 4½ km northwest of Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres.
Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Here the invader was brought to a standstill, 18 July 1918”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.82585° or 50° 49′ 33″ northLongitude
2.86103° or 2° 51′ 40″ eastOpen location code
9F24RVG6+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 8920192967OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Demarcation Stone No. 16: Ypres” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Demarcatiepaal nr. 16: Ieper”
- French: “Borne Vauthier № 16 : Ypres”
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