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    Emperor, changed the name to Monschau. In 1972, the town was enlarged with the previously independent municipalities of Höfen, Imgenbroich, Kalterherberg...
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  • Baden-Württemberg Höfen, Gummersbach, a village in the municipality of Gummersbach, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia Höfen, Monschau, a borough (former...
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    initial tactical objectives were to take the village of Schmidt and clear Monschau. In a second phase the Allies wanted to advance to the Rur River as part...
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    protect them from grazing cattle. The best example of a Monschau "hedge village" (Heckendorf) is Höfen, which has twice won awards in the best kept village...
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    roads north of Höfen were important to movement through the area. In the north a main paved road led from Höfen through the Monschau Forest, then divided...
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    Ridge near the towns of Monschau and Höfen. From 05:25 to 05:30 on 16 December, the battalion's positions "in and around Höfen received a heavy barrage...
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    Around Höfen, which the 395th defended, the ground was marked with open hills. On the east lay a section of the Monschau Forest. Just south of Höfen, the...
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    Perlenbach-Fuhrtsbachtal (category Monschau)
    metres above sea level at Monschau, west of Kalterherberg [de; fr; nl; nds] and south of Höfen [de; nl] (two districts of Monschau) and thus forms part of...
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    alternative routes that considerably slowed their advance. The attack on Monschau, Höfen, Krinkelt-Rocherath, and then Elsenborn Ridge was led by the units...
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    2462 Linnich 2463 Titz 2464 Aldenhoven 2465 Inden 247 2471 Roetgen 2472 Monschau 2473 Simmerath 2474 Schmidt (Nideggen) 248 2482 Hellenthal 2484 Eiserfey...
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