Geisweider cemetery

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The Geisweider cemetery is a cemetery in the district Geisweid in Siegen .

In the Geisweid district, which is characterized by the regional metalworking industry, the cemetery is on Wartburgstrasse, with a view of the Geisweid slag heaps and the steelworks.

The site, on which there is also a cemetery chapel, is 68,000 square meters and consists of 7,500 graves. About 130 burials take place every year. At the edge of the cemetery there is a memorial to the victims of the First and Second World Wars.

  • Geisweider Friedhof, cenotaph to commemorate the fallen of both world wars

  • Geisweider cemetery, view of slag heap

  • Geisweider cemetery, overview

Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 8.5 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 29.5 ″  E