Memorial · Eschede · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Gedenkstein Zugunglück Eschede 03. Juni 1998 is a memorial in Eschede, Lower Saxony. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 1 of the 4 well-known points of interest nearby is within 1 km. Within 0 m you'll find a bench.
Audio tour · Gedenkstein Zugunglück Eschede 03. Juni 1998
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You're standing at the site of the Eschede train disaster, the worst high-speed rail accident the world has ever seen. Around you are cherry trees, a hundred and one of them. Each tree stands for one person who died in this disaster on 3 June 1998.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.
When you stand at Gedenkstein Zugunglück Eschede 03. Juni 1998, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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