Museum "Hürtgenwald 1944"
          
Points of Contact (POCs):

Bernd Henkelmann
Dieter Heckmann
Rainer Monnartz
Dr.-Ing. Leo Messenig
Address:

„Hürtgenwald 1944 und im Frieden“
Pfarrer-Dickmann-Str. 21 – 23
D-52393 Hürtgenwald
Germany
Phone: 0049-2429-902 613 (only on Sundays)
Fax: 0049-2429-902 613
Website: www.huertgenwald.de/hwmuseum.html
e-Mail address:

No own email address; please contact either one of the addressees below:
b-henkelmann@t-online.de
HeckmannDieter@gmx.de
RMonnartz@aol.com
Location:

Look for signposts in Hürtgenwald-Vossenack locations::
Alternative POC:

Rainer Monnartz
Auf dem Liester 23
52223 Stolberg, Germany
Tel.: 0049(0)2402/25742
Opening times:

February – December (annually) ONLY on Sundays  from 11:00 - 17.00 hrs.  
Private tours – also on the terrain (former battlefield)  - only on prearranged request
Photos:

one diorama of the overall exhibits

Admission:

adults: 3 € without guide - 4 €  with guide
reduced group rate: 1 € without guide - 2 € with guide
Description of attraction/activity:

The permanent exhibit is meant for remembrance and awareness. By means of documents, photos and a range or military artefacts it reminds of the November 1944 battle and the fighting in the “Hürtgenwald,“ where altogether some 70.000 American and German soldiers lost their lives.  The musem also possesses the uniquely-preserved medical bunker in North-Rhine Westphalia.  Slide show on the historic developments available on request.
Time allowance/tour duration: inside the museum: individual.  Terrain walking tours range from 3 – 8 hrs.
Length (in KMs) of the trail:

cross-terrain tour: about  3,5 – 8 KM.
Degree of difficulty: museum is accessible for disabled; terrain walk is partially of medium- to higher difficulty degree.
Parking available: sufficient parking is available in front of the museum.
Nearby places for overnight:



Hotel-Restaurant-Café
Germeter 49, D-52393 Hürtgenwald, Allemagne
Tel.: 0049(0)2429-7822; Fax: …/2104
www.zum-alten-forsthaus.de
E-Mail:email@zum-alten-forsthaus

or



Simonskall 20, D-52393 Hürtgenwald; Allemagne
Tel.: 0049(0)2429-9444 0;
Fax: …(0) 2069
www.kallbach.de
E-Mail:info@kallbach.de
Nearby eating places:

Zum alten Forsthaus (s. o.)

Zur Post
Baptist-Palm-Platz 3, 52393 Hürtgenwald Germany
Tel: 0049(0)2429-908628, Fax: …/908347

Grillrestaurant Waldschlösschen
Germeter 9, 52393 Hürtgenwald Germany
Tel.: 0049(0)2429-1441
Contact address for guided (language) tours:

B. Henkelmann      D/E Tel.:0049(0)2429-3380
Dieter Heckmann  D     Tel.:0049(0)2421-87960
Rainer Monnartz   D/E Tel.: 0049(0)2402-25742
Dr. Messenig         D     Tel.:0049(0)2429-7571
Recommended literature:

Hohenstein, Adolf / Trees, Wolfgang
Hölle im Hürtgenwald
ISBN 3-922974-5

Max von Falkenberg
Die Schlacht im Hürtgenwald
ISBN 3-936946-18-3

Bettinger, Hansen, Lois
Der Westwall von Kleve bis Basel
ISBN 3-7909-0754-5

Rush, Robert Sterling.
Hell in Huertgen Forest: The Ordeal & Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment. Lawrence, KS:
University Press of Kansas, 2001
ISBN 0-7006-1128-2
Recommended thematic weblinks:

www.huertgenwald.de
www.eifel.de
www.hurtgen1944.homestead.com/10RelatedWebsites.html
www.gruenerwallimwesten.de
home.scarlet.be/~cv920172/indexenglish.htm
Visitors’ comments:

in 2005, some 6.200 German on international guests visited the museum
 
two excerpts from the visitors’ guestbook:

„an impressive documentation – Thank you to the „Hürtgenwald“  historical circle (13.10.2005)

„as an eyewitness myself, I could add a lot.  It was gruesome – WAR – NEVER AGAIN! (June 2005)
Local press contacts (e-Mail): no known local media POCs

The destroyed church of Vossenack

The destroyed forest after the 1944/45 battle

Situation plan  (American source)

Exterior view of the museum
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