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War Commemoration Chapel Metterich

This chapel commemorates the fallen of both world wars and the war of 1870.

There is also a separate memorial plaque for leutnant Claus von Bohlen and Halbach who crashed here in the area on January 10, 1940 with his Messerschmitt after an air battle with 2 enemy planes. Leutnant von Bohlen was a descendant of the famous German family Krupp.

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Source

  • Text: Jhonny Bastiaensen
  • Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen

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