Top 6 Sights & Landmarks in Zonnebeke, Flanders

October 23, 2021 Harland Bartelt

Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare (nl), Gheluvelt (nl), Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper. On January 1, 2006, Zonnebeke had a total population of 11,758. The total area is 67.57 km² which gives a population density of 174 inhabitants per km².
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1. Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium http://www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/53300/tyne-cot-cemetery
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Tyne Cot Cemetery

It is now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. At the suggestion of King George V, who visited the cemetery in 1922, the Cross of Sacrifice was placed on the original large pill-box. There are three other pill-boxes in the cemetery. There are now 11,956 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,369 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to more than 80 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 20 casualties whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. There are 4 German burials, 3 being unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The TYNE COT MEMORIAL forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery and commemorates nearly 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and New Zealand who died in the Ypres Salient after 16 August 1917 and whose graves are not known. The memorial stands close to the farthest point in Belgium reached by Commonwealth forces in the First World War until the final advance to victory. The memorial was designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculpture by F V Blundstone.

Reviewed By M2453SKianb - Tervuren, Belgium

Extremely moving experience. Very sobering thoughts about the millions who lost their lives in the trench warfare of World War 1. Tyne Cot cemetery should definitely be on everyone’s bucket list.

2. Battle of Polygon Wood

Zonnebeke Belgium
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Battle of Polygon Wood

Reviewed By AussiesBallarat - Ballarat, Australia

Polygon Wood is a forest located between Ypres and Zonnebeke, Belgium. In the First Battle of Ypres and later at The Battle of Polygon Wood it was a significant First World War battlefield in the Battle of Passchendaele. It was captured by the Australian 5th Division, led by Harold “Pompey” Elliott, on September 26, 1917 as part of the Battle of Menin Road, and there is a memorial to the 5th Division in an elevated position overlooking the main cemetery. Within the wood is a large war cemetery, a New Zealand Memorial to the Missing and an Australian Memorial. Just outside the wood is a small original wartime cemetery. In fact, the entrances to both sites are directly opposite on either side of the road (Lange Dreve), at the north-eastern apex of the wood. There is parking for 2-3 cars in front of the cemetery, or it is possible to park on the edge of the wood in various places and follow the tracks within the wood.

3. Passchendaele New British Cemetery

's Graventafelstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium
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Passchendaele New British Cemetery

4. The Passchendaele Canadian Memorial

Canadalaan 22, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium
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The Passchendaele Canadian Memorial

Reviewed By N8699PYpeterw - Oxford, United Kingdom

Such a famous piece of history in such a small place. Great monument to young men we owe so much too

5. Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Zonnebeke

Ieperstraat 1, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium +32 485 30 98 62
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Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Zonnebeke

6. Crypte - Gemeentelijke begraafplaats Zonnebeke

Roeselarestraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium +32 51 77 04 41 http://www.toerismezonnebeke.be
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Crypte - Gemeentelijke begraafplaats Zonnebeke

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