Veteranplassen Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

cervisvenator: Hi

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for the cache owner and block other cachers from placing a cache in the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can’t do so forever.

Nothing seems to happen with this cache listing, so it is now archived, so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if it hasn’t been done already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

(This reviewer note is in English so non-Norwegian cache owners, geocachers and cache reviewers can understand what it says.)

Thanks for your understanding,
Cervis Venator
Geocaching.com Volunteer Cache Reviewer

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Hidden : 6/2/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

English translation of the cachename: Veteran Square
Full english translation follows below.

Veteranplassen ligger rett nord for Narvik og inneholder 2 ulike monumenter fra 2.verdenskrig; en Fransk minnebauta og et Norsk monument til minne over General Fleischer.

  • General Fleischer-monumentet
    General Fleischer ledet de norske og allierte styrkene som maktet å drive de tyske okkupantene ut av Narvik våren 1940, noe som var det første nederlaget for tyske styrker under andre verdenskrig. Les mer om General Fleicher her og her

    På monumentet var det opprinnelig montert en bronseplate med følgende tekst:
    ”Til minne om de norske styrkers tapre innsats i krigsoperasjonene ved gjenerobringen av Narvik 28. mai 1940 under ledelse av generalmajor Carl Gustav Fleischer”
    Over inskripsjonsplaten er det montert et portrettrelieff av generalen.

    Monumentet, som først var plassert på Ornes, ble avduket den 18. juli 1950 av generalløytnant Ole Berg og relieffet er utført av billedhugger Finn Eriksen.

    Sommeren 1975 ble monumentet flyttet til Veteranplassen og den opprinnelige inskripsjonsplaten byttet med en ny der følgende tekst var lagt til: ”Under kampene ved Narvikfronten 9. april - 9. juni 1940 hadde 6. divisjon 107 falne”. Platen inneholder også navnene, sted og dato hvor disse soldatene falt.

    General Sverre Bratland, som tjenestegjorde som patruljefører på Narvik-fronten 1940 i Skolekompaniet, avduket den nye platen 28. mai 1988.
  • Fransk minnebauta
    Bautaen ble avduket den 28. mai 1946, på 6 årsdagen for gjenerobringen av Narvik, av den franske ambassadør i Norge, Blondel.
    Bautaen var opprinnelig plassert på Ornes men ble flyttet til Veteranplassen den 25. juni 1972.

    Bautaen har følgende inskripsjon:
    "La France a ses files et a leurs freres darmes tombes glorieusement en Norvège. Narvik 1940"
    som på norsk betyr "Frankrike hilser sine sønner og deres våpenbrødre som falt ærerikt i Norge. Narvik 1940

    English:
    Veteran's Square is located just north of Narvik and contains 2 different monuments from World War 2; a French memorial and a Norwegian monument to the memory of General Fleischer.

    • The General Fleischer Monument
      General Fleischer led the Norwegian and Allied forces and managed to drive the German occupiers out of Narvik in the spring of 1940, which was first defeat of German forces during World War II. Read More about General Fleicher here and here

      The monument was originally installed a bronze plaque with following text:
      "In memory of d Norwegian forces brave effort in war operations by the recapture of Narvik 28 May 1940 under the leadership of Major General Carl Gustav Fleischer "
      Over the inscription plate there is fitted a portrait relief of the General.

      The monument, which first was placed in Ornes, was unveiled on 18 July 1950 by Lieutenant General Ole Berg and the relief is made by sculptor Finn Eriksen.

      In the summer of 1975 the monument moved to Veteran's Square and the original inscription plate was replaced with a new one with the following text added: "During the fights in Narvik from 9 April - 9.June 1940 the 6 Division had 107 Fallen". The disc also contains the names, date and place where the soldiers fell.

      General Sverre Bratland, who served in the Education Company at the Narvik front in 1940, unveiled the new plate 28 May 1988.

    • French memorial
      The monument was unveiled on 28 May 1946, at 6 anniversary of the the recapture of Narvik, the French ambassador to Norway, Blondel.
      The monument was originally located at Ornes, but the 25th June 1972 the monument was moved to the Veteran's Square.

      The monument bears the following inscription:
      "La France a visible files an a Leur Freres Darma tombs glorieusement a Norvège. Narvik 1940" which in English means "France greet their sons and their brothers in arms who fell honorable in Norway. Narvik 1940

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Cachen er en melattbeholder som kun inneholder loggbok og en liten blyant. Ta med egen blyant /penn i tilfelle blyanten ikke er i orden (cechen har ikke blyantspisser)
The cache is a small metal container with just a logbook and a small pensil,. Bring your own pencil in case it is boken (there is no sharpener in the cache)
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Besøkende siden 26.05.14 / Vistors since 26.05.14: Flag Counter

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

AB: Uratraqr, v urxx RAT: Unatvat, va urqtr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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