Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Haguenau — the Moder river front
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaAlsace — Haguenau & the Moder
Time to allow30 min
LocationRight area — the exact spot is uncertain
GPS48.82000, 7.79200
The story
Easy's side of the river inside the town. The houses along the south bank were the billets and observation posts; the Germans held the north bank a stone's throw away. The 15 February patrol crossed here somewhere.
What to look for
Walk the south bank. The river is the width of a street.
Nearby sites
- Liberation memorial — Moder canal · under 1 km
- Haguenau centre & Musée Historique · under 1 km
- Moder valley sector — Pfaffenhoffen · 14 km
- Fort de Schoenenbourg — Maginot Line · 19 km
- Natzweiler-Struthof · 57 km
- Luxembourg American Cemetery — Patton's grave · 146 km
All 48 sites in Holland & Bastogne 1944–45 →
Easy Company: Holland & Bastogne
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne: Hell's Highway, Nijmegen and the Island, the Bois Jacques at Bastogne, the cemeteries of the Ardennes and Haguenau in Alsace.
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