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132: 29: 139: 275:(1,009 m (3,310 ft)) en route, with the highest point reached at 1,062 m (3,484 ft), 3.5 km (2.2 mi) before the Col du Bonhomme. The total distance is 18.4 km (11.4 mi) gaining 589 m (1,932 ft) in height at an average gradient of 3.2%. The central section, the last 7 km (4.3 mi) before the Col du Pré de Raves averages 6.5%. 245:, passing through Kaysersberg and Le Bonhomme en route. From this direction, the total ascent is 22.1 km (13.7 mi) long climbing 714 m (2,343 ft) at an average gradient of 3.2%, with a maximum of 7.4%. 315: 233:, 69-year-old General Bataille, and six of his men were killed in a German artillery attack. A memorial to the General and his men stands at the pass. 94: 256:. This climb is 20.0 km (12.4 mi) long, at an average gradient of 2.8%, climbing 564 m (1,850 ft). The maximum gradient is 6.5%. 449: 229:
During World War I, the pass was the scene of fighting between French and German soldiers. On 8 September 1914, the commander of the French
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Biography of General Marie Désiré Pierre Bataille on French Knowledge
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cycle race, the first time being on the penultimate stage of the
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Col du Bonhomme on Google Maps (Tour de France classic climbs)
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Between 1871 and 1918, the pass was a border crossing between
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Elevation
Haut-Rhin
Vosges
France
Range
Vosges Mountains
Coordinates
48°9′53.8″N 7°4′46″E / 48.164944°N 7.07944°E / 48.164944; 7.07944
Col du Bonhomme is located in Alps
[kɔldybɔ.nɔm]
mountain pass
Vosges Mountains
Kaysersberg
Haut-Rhin
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Vosges
Route des Crêtes
Le Bonhomme
Lorraine
Alsace
Treaty of Frankfurt
41st Infantry Division
Ammerschwihr
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe
Fraize
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Route des Crêtes
Col des Bagenelles
Col du Pré de Raves

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