Perthes-lès-Hurlus

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Perthes-lès-Hurlus is a former village in northeastern France that became a World War I battlefield site, notably associated with the death of German Expressionist painter August Macke.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Perthes-lès-Hurlus canonical 1
Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battlefield site
destroyed village
former commune
adminChange merged into new commune of Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
associatedWith German–French fighting in Champagne sector
associatedWithDeathOf August Macke
category ghost town in France
commemoratedBy French military remembrance ceremonies
conflictSide Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War I
country France
currentUse memorial site
military cemetery area
destroyedDuring World War I
formerPopulationStatus village depopulated by war
frontLinePeriod 1914–1915
hasMemorial French military cemetery at Perthes-lès-Hurlus
monuments to the dead of World War I
heritageDesignation village détruit de la Marne
languageOfToponym French
locatedIn Arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne
Canton of Suippes
Champagne front of World War I
northeastern France
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Marne department
locatedInFormerRegion Champagne-Ardenne
locatedInHistoricalRegion Champagne
locatedInRegion Grand Est
locatedNear Hurlus
Massiges
Souain
Suippes
mergedInto Perthes-lès-Hurlus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
notableFeature shell craters
trench warfare remains
notableFor death of German Expressionist painter August Macke in 1914
partOf Zone rouge
surface form: Red Zone (Zone rouge)

network of destroyed villages of the Marne
significantEvent First Battle of Champagne
surface form: Battle of Champagne (1914–1915)

First Battle of Champagne
Second Battle of Champagne
status not rebuilt after World War I
uninhabited
terrainType open chalk plateau
timePeriodOfDestruction early years of World War I
toponymMeaning Perthes near Hurlus
warGraves French soldiers
German soldiers

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

August Macke placeOfDeath Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Perthes-lès-Hurlus mergedInto Perthes-lès-Hurlus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus