Former Village Haumont-Près-Samogneux
During the fighting for Verdun in World War I, this village was completely destroyed and virtually abandoned. Haumont-près-Samogneux is one of about 20 French villages (Villages Détruits) that were never rebuilt after the war because they were located in the so-called Zone Rouge.
Within this zone, after 1918, the devastation was so great, or the ground so dangerous to build on due to ammunition, mines and other implements of war, that the French government forbade it.
These villages were named "Village mort pour la France" and became a memorial site.
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Source
- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Koos Winkelman
Nearby
Museum
- Douaumont Fortress - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Museum Ossuary Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Mémorial de Verdun - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Point of interest
- Demarcation pole Samogneux - Samogneux
- Location German Penalty Camp Flabas - Flabas
- Former German Artillery Position & Trenches - Flabas
Monument
- Remembrance Chapel & War Memorial Haumont-près-Samogneux - Haumont-prés-Samogneux
- Monument K.u.K Army Samogneux - Samogneux
- Monument Des Chasseurs Beaumont-en-Verdunois - Beaumont-en-Verdunois,
Cemetery
- German War Cemetery Consenvoye - Consenvoye
- German War Cemetery Ville-devant-Chaumont - Ville-devant-Chaumont
- French War Cemetery Bras-sur-Meuse - Bras-sur-Meuse
Fortification
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