Hürtgen war cemetery
The Hürtgen war cemetery in Hürtgen is one of two war cemeteries in the Hürtgen Forest .
history
In the area of the North Eifel where the two war cemeteries are located, the All Souls Battle raged during World War II , in which many war deaths were to be lamented on both the German and the American side.
In both cemeteries, here and at the Vossenack war cemetery , not only the soldiers who died in the fighting in the Hürtgen Forest, but also those who fell from the area were buried. They had been rescued by many volunteers, including the former pioneer captain Julius Erasmus .
The war cemetery
The cemetery is about 0.5 km outside of Hürtgen directly on the 399 federal highway .
The Hürtgen military cemetery was built between 1950 and 1952 by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge . The cemetery was planned by the garden architect Carl Ludwig Schreiber from Aachen. The so-called "comrade crosses" were erected on the graves. These are double crosses. The double rows of graves are all oriented towards the high cross.
2997 dead are buried on the war cemetery in Hürtgen, 524 of which could not be identified. A memorial commemorates Friedrich Lengfeld .
See also
Web links
- The Vossenack and Hürtgen cemeteries of honor , Hürtgenwald History Association, June 2002 (PDF; 576 KB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Controversial information boards: Pupils develop new concept Aachener Zeitung November 11, 2013
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 15.3 " N , 6 ° 21 ′ 33.2" E