Warneton near Comines-Warneton in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium — Northwestern Europe
Monument UEFA
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 13, 2024
1. Monument UEFA Marker
Le 11 décembre 2014 Michel Platini, Président de UEFA*, inaugura en présence de numérisés personnalités politiques et sportives, le monument « Christmas Truce » commémorant la Trêve de Noël 1914 et singulièrement la « partie de football » improvisé qui s’y engagée.
Le monument « Christmas Truce » de UEFA représente un culot d’obus surmonté d’un ballon portant la mention UEFA 1914–2014. Ce’ tré œuvre massive de quelque 350 kg a été réalisé en acer corten par une firme anglaise.
C’eux failles sombre portent le regard du monument UEFA vers des tranchées reconstruite. L’une est anglaise, l’autre est allemande. Toutes deux ont été arrangées selon techniques de l'époque et la position d’ers troupes d’el secteur du Saint-Yves en Décembre 1914.
In the presence of numerous political and sports figures, UEFA* President Michel Platini unveiled the « Christmas Truce » monument on 11 December 2014. This monument commemorates the Christmas Truce 1914 and especially the improvised « football match » that followed.
The UEFA « Christmas Truce » monument represents the base of a shell topped by a ball with UEFA and 1914—2014. This massive work of about 350 kb was made of corten steel by an English company.
The eye is turned from the UEFA monument towards the re-enacted trenches by two dark faults. One is English and the other is German. Both have been set up using techniques of the time and in accordance with the positions of the troops in St. Yves sector in December 1914.
[Nederland]
Op 11 december 2014 heeft Michel Platini, Voorzitter van de UEFA*. Het gedenkteken « Christmas Truce » onthuld in aanwezigheid van politieke en sportieve kopstukken van de verschillende landen die aan de gevechten deelnamen in 1914 in de streek van Ploegsteert. Het monument herdenkt het Kerstbestand van 1914 en in het bijzonder de geïmproviseerde voetbalmatch.
Het gedenkteken « Christmas Truce » van de UEFA stelt een koppelring voor van een bom met bovenop een voetbal met de vermelding UEFA 1914-2014. Dit werkstuk van ongeveer 350kg werd gemaakt in cortenstaal door een Engelse firma.
Twee donkere barsten dragen de blik van het UEFA-gedenkteken in de richting van de opnieuw gevormde loopgraven. De ene is Engels en de andere is Duits. Beide zijn aangelegd volgens de technieken van destijds alsook de positie van de troepen in de sector van Saint-Yvon in december 1914.
[Deutsch]
Am 11. Dezember 2014 weihte Michel Platini, der UEFA*-Präsident, in Anwesenheit zahlreicher politischer und sportlicher Persönlichkeiten das « Christmas Truce » Denkmal ein, das des Weihnachtsfriedens 1914 gedenkt und im Besonderen des improvisierten « Fußballspiels » welches dort damals stattfand.
Das UEFA « Christmas Truce » Denkmal stellt ein durch einen Ball mit der Erwähnung « UEFA 1914-2014 » gekröntes Granatenbodenstück dar. Dieses massive 350 Kg Werk wurde von einem englischen Betrieb mit Corten-Stahl erschaffen.
Zwei dunkle Spalten leiten das Auge vom UEFA Denkmal zu den beiden nachgestellten Schützengräben. Der eine ist Englisch, der andere ist Deutsch. Beide wurden den damaligen Techniken und dem Standort der Truppen im Bereich Saint-Yvon im Dezember 1914 entsprechend eingerichtet.
* UEFA: Union of European Football Associations
Erected 1914
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Sports • War, World I. A significant historical date for this entry is December 11, 2004.
Location. 50° 44.652′ N, 2° 53.972′ E. Marker is near Comines-Warneton, Région Wallonne (Wallonia), in Hainaut. It is in Warneton. It is on Chemin du Mont de la Hutte half a kilometer east of Roe de Messines (National Highway 365), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Chem du Mont de la Hutte 1, Comines-Warneton, Région Wallonne 7784, Belgium. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Christmas Truce 1914 / Trêve de Noël 1914 (a few steps from this marker); Prowes Point (within shouting distance of this marker); Mud Lane at the Crossroads at Hyde Park Corner (approx.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 13, 2024
2. Monument UEFA Marker
The two barb wire patches to the left and right represent the positions of German and Allied front lines, respectively, in December 1914. The lines were only thirty yards apart.
Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia entry for Christmas Truce. Excerpt:
Many accounts of the truce involve one or more football matches played in no man’s land. This was mentioned in some of the earliest reports, with a letter written by a doctor attached to the Rifle Brigade, published in The Times on 1 January 1915, reporting “a football match... played between them and us in front of the trench.” Similar stories have been told over the years, often naming units or the score. Some accounts of the game bring in elements of fiction by Robert Graves, a British poet and writer (and an officer on the front at the time) who reconstructed the encounter in a story published in 1962; in Graves's version the score was 3–2 to the Germans.(Submitted on November 30, 2024.)
The truth of the accountshas been disputed by some historians. In 1984 Malcolm Brown and Shirley Seaton concluded that there were probably attempts to play organised matches that failed owing to the state of the ground, but that the contemporary reports were either hearsay or refer to kick-abouts with made-up footballs such as a bully-beef tin.Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 13, 20243. Replica of the German Dugout
2. Christmas Truce Reenactment 2021,. Clear pictures of the marker and the surrounding area are available at this site. (Submitted on December 23, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 13, 2024
4. Monument UEFA Marker
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 13, 2024
5. Monument UEFA Sculpture
Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 13, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 1, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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