Could someone please point out where:
1. Neuviller Kopf
2. Schwarzberg
3. Steenbach
4. Steinthal and
5. Eichenrain Bastion III
would be located in the Vosges and what are their French names as of today please?

Hi egbert,
 
1. Could it be Neuviller la Roche ?
2. I found nothing (except a glacier in Switzerland)
3. One Steinbach in Alsace (Haut-Rhin) and one "ancienne commune française de la Moselle" : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinbach
4. Steinthal is the german name for Ban-de-la-Roche : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_de_la_Roche
 
Regards.

It says clearly Neuviller-Kopf and according to the picture series must be somewhere between Tete de Faux and down south to HWK via Linge
 

Next enigma: what is the name of this town. All  above and coming questions could be close/around  Linge

Here is the "Eichenrain" Beobachtungsposten querie. Where could that be?

Steenbach /Vosges, but where?
 

Steinthal or Stein...bad , but must be Vosges:
 

This is Schwarzberg, Vosges - but where is it actually?
 

Schwarzberg could be "le Noirmont" (863), north of the Linge.
 
Try the "IGN" maps (very detailed) at this address :
 
http://www.geocatalogue.fr/SearchTileForward.do
 
 

Hello again  

I found Eichenrain east from the Linge. It is called "Rain des chênes" (I understand the French "rain" as a "wood edge" ).

You can see it on the IGN map (enter the name "Hohrod" in the field "Entrer une commune" on the link I gave above).

Regards.

Got it and thanks to Yv and Eric for responses , respective PM's

Hi Egbert,
 
I think your Drahtseilbahn photo was taken in Buhl, so I'm quite sure the caption reads "Lauchthal".
That of Noirmont was taken from the vicinity of the German trenches of Collet du Linge.
 
See you,
Eric

Bonjour,
 
Je reconnais vos photos qui figuraient sur eBay il y a quelque temps...
Selon moi, pas tous les photos sont prises dans les Vosges, je me souviens la photo "Steenbach", qui selon moi et bien prise en Flandre, pas loin de Langemark. Le ruisseau s'appelle "Steenbeek" (en Flamand), en allemand "Steinbach". Il y a même encore un bunker pas loin du cimetière allemand qui ressemble bien à celui sur ta photo (ici pas montré complètement). Mais je ne vais pas stipuler qu'il s'agît bien du même construction.
On a fort combattu dans ce coin.
La photo "Steintal" est probablement prise en Argonne, où il y avait un "Lager" (campement), le "Steintal-Lager". Dans ce coin il y avait un cimetière, à part du campement.
 
cdt de la Flandre,
 
Wim Degrande

Hello,
 
Just noticed I wrote my answer in French (out of habit), so I am repeating in English:
 
I recognise your pictures from eBay, for sale some time ago. In my opinion not all were taken in the Vosges. I remember the photo "Steenbach" which is to me, taken in Flanders. In Flemish it is "Steenbeek" (in German "Steenbach" ). I now see I wrote a small "mistake" in my French message, saying that there is still bunker there which look much like the one on the photograph (which is not completely shown in your message). This bunker, close to the actual German cemetery is north of Langemark, Steenbeek is south of Langemark. But that does not change the initial information of my message.
Heavy fighting took place at the Steenbeek.
The photo "Steintal" was probably taken in the Argonne (western part), where there was a "Lager" (camp) called "Steintal-Lager", which also contained a cemetery, besides the camp itself.
 
regards, Wim

Bonjour à tous,
 
Je vous confirme la localisation de la photo légendée Schwarzberg.  
J'en ai une qui lui ressemble beaucoup.
Elles sont prises depuis le poste d'observation nord du Lingekopf.
 
Concernat la photo du Eichenrein, il y a de fortes chances que ce soit exact.
Une vue complète de la photo pourrait sûrement confirmer sa localisation.
 
Cordialement,
Daniel
 
 
 
 
 

Yep, Schwarzberg is confirmed. As modern google earth prooves the place where the photo was taken is definitely from Lingekopf
 

 
 
Wim, I also think Steenbeck is to be the one in Flanders