In april 2014 a new park opened auround the chateaux grounds in Zonnebeke: the theme Passchendaele Memorial Park. In this park / garden, seven remembrance gardens have been installed in the symbolic form of a poppy. These gardens are now being completed and arranged by the different nations that toook part in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.

On Thursday, 29 October 2015 the german remembrance garden opened as the first garden. For this occasion, Mr Rüdiger Lüdeking, the german Ambassador, came to inaugurate the garden.

Please find below some photos.



The poem 'Die Rose im Garten'



The art piece with a whole in it refelecting the emptiness.













The german Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking and the museum director Chiel Vandenberghe (right)







The mayor, serveral olderman and other guests attended the ceremony.







Address by Sabine Vanderhaeghen on behalf of the city of Zonnebeke.





Address by the German Ambassador.







Unveiling of the memorial plaque.







Address by Geert Bossaert, the architect of the gardens.



















Time for the reception.















Exchange of gifts.





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