Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial, On the battlefield, 30,000 French and German men were crushed .

Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial, Œuvre de l’architecte Robert Danis Hartmannswillerkopf, also known as the Vieil Armand (French) or Hartmannsweiler Kopf (German; English: Hartmansweiler Head) is a pyramidal rocky spur in the Vosges mountains of the Grand Est region, France. Le Hartmannswillerkopf, rebaptisé Vieil-Armand après la Première Guerre mondiale, est un sommet dans le massif des Vosges, surplombant de ses 957 mètres la plaine d'Alsace du Haut-Rhin. With 957 m in height, the summit is an excellent observation post, which was heavily contested throughout 1915. Hartmannswillerkopf, renamed "Vieil Armand" by the French press during the First World War, is located on a rocky spur in the Vosges mountains, overlooking the Alsatian plain 956m below. This monument site marks the location of heavy fighting and severe loss of life for those involved. Known as the “mountain of death” or the “man-eater”, this summit was the backdrop for dreadful battles. On the battlefield, 30,000 French and German men were crushed Mémorial du Hartmannswillerkopf Le Hartmannswillerkopf, aussi appelé Vieil Armand, est un sommet des Vosges culminant à 956 mètres d’altitude. Nicknamed “the man-eater” or “the mountain of death”, the mountain surrounding the summit of Hartmannswillerkopf (called “Le Vieil Armand” by the French), is one of the emblematic sites of the First World War in the Vosges. Hartmannsweilerkopf Vergangenheit & Denkmäler Hartmannsweilerkopf im Elsass Vor 1914 nur Ortskundigen und wenigen Spaziergängern bekannt, erlangt der Hartmannswillerkopf sowohl in Frankreich wie auch in Deutschland traurige Berühmtheit infolge der furchtbaren Kampfhandlungen von 1915. Seit 1921 als Denkmal klassifiziert ist das Schlachtfeld des HWK der Hauptort des Ersten Weltkriegs im Elsass und auf der Vogesenfront. 5b0qen, uwvhvrr, xgzr, cl, as1w, eyr, r3d4jk1, zbomwde3, 1vyrqj1, xt1xoci,