German war cemetery in Cernay
The German war cemetery Cernay in the Haut-Rhin department is a military cemetery for 7,085 German war dead from World War I and 1,479 German war dead from World War II in Cernay (Haut-Rhin) , France.
location
Cernay is about 35 kilometers south of Colmar and lies on the N 83. The cemetery is located on the southern outskirts of the city on Rue de la Ferme and can be reached via the D 34.
The dead
7,085 dead from the First World War are buried here, including the German dead in the battle for the Hartmannswillerkopf in the First World War. German prisoners of war who died in southern France were also reburied here from their individual graves. The 1,479 fallen of the Second World War were buried in the rear part of the cemetery.
Further war cemeteries around the Hartmannswillerkopf
The French war dead in the battle for the Hartmannswillerkopf rest in the Nécropole nationale du Silberloch - Hartmannswillerkopf and in the Nécropole nationale du Vieil-Armand (Hartmannswillerkopf) in the crypte-ossuaire. Other German and French dead are buried in the Guebwiller war cemetery. In Cernay there is also the French military cemetery Nécropole nationale de Cernay with war dead from the First and Second World Wars.
See also
Individual evidence
Web links
- Website of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge for Cernay
- Cernay German military cemetery. Pictures by Karen and Holger Dardemann
- (fr) La nécropole nationale de Cernay
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 10 ′ 8 ″ E