On the Breitenlohe

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Auf der Breitenlohe (also broad Loh ) is a field name in the north of the Hornberg in the west of Friedensdorf . At the highest point, a 306  m high nameless hill, there is a war memorial. In the south of the hill is the new cemetery of Friedensdorf with a chapel.

War memorial

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The war memorial commemorates the people from Friedensdorf who fell in World War II . At the highest point of the Breiten Loh there is a stone cross about five meters high. Around the cross is a stone ring on which there are six metal plaques with the names of the deceased.

Individual evidence

  1. "ON THE BREITENLOHE". Hessian field names. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Aerial photographs of Friedensdorf and the surrounding area ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.friedensdorf-lahn.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 57 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 28 ″  E