Bayernwald Trenches
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.Photo: Snipersnoop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: toerisme@heuvelland.be
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: memorial site in the municipality of Wijtschate, Belgium, of the First World War
- Also known as: “Bayernwald”, “Bayernwald-loopgraven”, and “Croonaert Wood”
- Address: Voormezelestraat 2B, Wijtschate, Heuvelland, 8953
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Croonaert Chapel Cemetery and Bus House Cemetery.
Croonaert Chapel Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Croonaert Chapel Cemetery is situated 350 metres southwest of Bayernwald Trenches.
Bus House Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bus House Cemetery is situated 1½ km northeast of Bayernwald Trenches.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk
Church
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk is a church, which is situated 1½ km north of Bayernwald Trenches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sint-Elooi and Voormezele.
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.
Bayernwald Trenches
- Categories: war memorial, heritage site, museum, tourism, grassland, historic site, and battlefield
- Location: West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.80144° or 50° 48′ 5″ northLongitude
2.87752° or 2° 52′ 39″ eastOperator
Tourism HeuvellandOpen location code
9F24RV2H+H2OpenStreetMap ID
way 274531774OpenStreetMap feature
historic=battlefieldOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4418699
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Bayernwald Trenches” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bayernwald”
- French: “Bayernwald”
- French: “Tranchées du Bayernwald”
- German: “Bayernwald Gräben”
- German: “Bayernwald”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Croonaert Wood and Kroonaard.
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