The Friedenseiche at Hombressen, a high point on the Warthügel above Hofgeismar, is one of those modest rural memorials that quietly anchor big history in a very local landscape. It was planted after the victorious end of the German‑French war of 1870/71, when communities across the new German Empire marked peace, unity and sacrifice with commemorative oaks and small monuments rather than grand triumphal arches. Even today the tree stands as a reminder of how intensely the events of that short but decisive conflict were felt even in small Hessian villages far from the front.
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