German war cemetery Hamburg-Bergedorf
The German war cemetery Hamburg-Bergedorf is located on the old part of the Bergedorf cemetery between August-Bebel-Straße and Schorrhöhe near Chapel 1 and is the resting place for German soldiers, bomb victims and victims of the tyranny.
The dead
German soldiers from World War I and World War II rest in 250 graves . This also includes the graves of hospital staff, Red Cross nurses, auxiliaries and returnees from captivity. Bomb and civilian victims were buried in 84 graves. Since 1974, 68 war dead and victims of tyranny from twelve nations have been reburied here from other parts of the cemetery. The names of those buried are stored digitally.
architecture
The war cemetery consists of 19 rectangular fields. Almost 400 standing stone crosses mark the graves in them. Names, year of birth and death are indicated on the crosses. A high cross made of oak from the 1950s indicates the memorial site. It stands on a memorial wall made of red Weser sandstone with a viewing platform. The six coats of arms of the separated eastern areas of East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia and Sudetenland are attached to the memorial wall.
See also
Web links
- New Bergedorf cemetery, war dead, bomb victims and victims of the tyranny.
- Gerd Hoffmann: Bergedorf cemetery ... its monuments tell a story PDF 660 kB
- Cemetery plan Bergedorf cemetery
Individual evidence
- ^ New Bergedorf cemetery, war deaths, bomb victims and victims of the tyranny.
- ↑ Fallen memorials: Hamburg-Bergedorf cemetery . Names of those buried
- ^ New Bergedorf cemetery, war deaths, bomb victims and victims of the tyranny.
- ↑ Fallen memorials: Hamburg-Bergedorf cemetery . Description of the high cross and the monument wall
Coordinates: 53 ° 28 '41.33 " N , 10 ° 14' 48.75" O