Site Lange Max is a private domain, 3 km (1.9 mi) from the center of Koekelare , Belgium . The domain is located at 3 km (1.9 mi) from the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Koekelare, 6 km (3.7 mi) from the Vladslo German war cemetery and 10 km (6.2 mi) from Diksmuide .
4-580: The site is located on an old farmyard and contains the remains of the former biggest gun in the world (1917), the Lange Max. The site also includes Lange Max Museum , the artillery platform of the Batterie Pommern , a mess , and the Cafeteria De Lange Max. The farmyard, mess, and artillery platform are protected heritage buildings. These elements together have ensured that the whole as village view
8-506: A bakehouse, the artillery platform and a former German mess . The museum provides information about the "Lange Max" gun that bombarded Dunkirk and also Ypres in 1917 . Dunkirk is located at about ± 45 km from Koekelare. The information is available in four languages: Dutch, German, English and French. Audio guides in Dutch, English and German are also available. During the Interbellum ,
12-692: The war makes it a unique museum in Belgium . The museum is named after the nickname of the German gun "Lange Max", which was one of the biggest guns in the world in 1917, and is located in Koekelare . The museum was opened in October 2014 by the Minister-President of Flanders , Geert Bourgeois . It is located on a domain called Site Lange Max , which includes a farmyard. The site includes other protected monuments such as
16-467: Was protected. On June 24, 2017, a new war memorial was revealed near the artillery platform of Lange Max. This World War I article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lange Max Museum The Lange Max Museum (LMM) is devoted to the German 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" gun and the German occupation of Koekelare and the nearby area in World War I . The focus on the German side of
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