Kroonaard

Kroonaard is a forest in West Flanders, Flanders. Kroonaard is situated nearby to the village Wijtschate, as well as near the hamlet Oosttaverne.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bayernwald Trenches and Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery.

Bayernwald Trenches

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Croonaert Wood is a location in the municipality of Heuvelland near Ypres, Belgium. It is a lightly forested area known for the Bayernwald Trenches open-air museum located there.

Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery

Cemetery

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Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium.

Sint-Medarduskerk

Church

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Sint-Medarduskerk is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heuvelland and Ypres.

Heuvelland is a thinly populated rural municipality, in West Flanders. The area experienced many major battles during World War I, as part of the Ypres Salient area, and now has several cemeteries and other historical sites.

Ypres

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Ypres is a friendly town of 35,000 inhabitants in Flanders endowed with wonderful architecture and a troubled past. Ypres is best known as the site of three major battles of the First World War, the most famous being the Battle of Passchendaele from July to November 1917.