Russian and Soviet war cemeteries in the Dithmarschen district

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In the district of Dithmarschen there are Russian and Soviet war cemeteries from both world wars in 17 locations . These graves are very often on the very edge of a cemetery and are difficult to find. The graves law in Germany guarantees the inviolability of these graves. That is why they can sometimes be found as individual graves in otherwise cleared burial fields. The Federal Republic bears the costs of tending the grave .

image	place	Location ^{note 1}	address	Weblink ^{note 2}
	Albersdorf	(Location)54.149046 9.28166	Kapellenplatz Evangelischer Friedhof (WWI war cemetery)	Grave site for 28 Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.
	Albersdorf	(Location) (location)54.149024 9.281667 54.148984 9.281764	Kapellenplatz Evangelischer Friedhof (grave complex)	Grave site for 26 Soviet prisoners of war who died in forced labor.
	Brunsbuettel	(Location)53.903366 9.142348	Wurtleutetweute Paulus-Friedhof (WWI war cemetery)	Grave of a Russian prisoner of war of the First World War.
	Brunsbuettel	(Location)53.903356 9.142672	Wurtleutetweute Paulus Friedhof (grave complex)	Grave site for 18 Soviet victims of World War II.
	Büsum	(Location)54.136092 8.866673	Heider Strasse New Cemetery (grave complex)	Grave site for 13 Soviet victims of World War II.
	Eddelak	(Location)53.947268 9.134613	Norderstraße municipal cemetery (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
	Gudendorf	(Location)54.018542 9.104878	Vierthstraße Russian Memorial Cemetery ( grave complex )	Grave site for at least 2,712 Soviet prisoners of war and forced laborers who perished in the death camp of Stalag X / A, including 53 victims known by name.
	pagan	(Location)54.200494 9.097006	Lobeskampweg Friedhof (WWI war cemetery)	Grave site for four Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.
	pagan	Coordinates are missing! Help.	Lobeskampweg Friedhof St. Johannes (grave complex)	Grave site for 14 Soviet victims of World War II.
	pagan	(Location)54.179301 9.095677	Westermoorweg Friedhof (grave complex)	Grave site for around 100 prisoners of war and forced labor.
	pagan	(Location)54.184336 9.081469	Friedensstrasse Südfriedhof (grave complex)	Grave site for 18 Soviet prisoners of war and slave labor.
	Marne	(Location)53.954386 9.016426	Österstraße Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex)	Grave site for two Soviet victims of World War II.
	Crown Prince Koog	(Location)53.970572 8.964285	Kirchenstrasse Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex)	Grave site for three Soviet victims of World War II
	Meldorf	(Location)54.092467 9.075606	Kampstrasse Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex)	Gravesite for at least four Soviet forced laborers.
	Neuenkirchen	(Location)54.237173 8.989082	Alte Dorfstraße Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex)	Grave site for nine Soviet victims of World War II.
	Easter wheel	(Location)54.196179 9.384787	Dörpswischweg camp cemetery (WWI war cemetery)	Grave site for 55 Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.
	Sankt Michaelisdonn	(Location)53.979665 9.115968	Eddelaker Strasse Friedhof (grave complex)	Grave site for 19 Soviet victims of World War II.
???	Süderhastedt	(Location)54.047901 9.207216	Schulstrasse Evangelical Cemetery (WWI war cemetery)	Grave of a Russian prisoner of war of the First World War.
???	Süderhastedt	(Location)54.047901 9.207216	Schulstrasse Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
	Tellingstedt	(Location)54.218181 9.273463	Kirchplatz Kirchhof (WWI war cemetery)	Grave site for eleven Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.
	Wesselburen	(Location)54.212326 8.927227	Dohrnstraße Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex)	Grave site for 36 Soviet prisoners of war and slave labor.
	Lunden	(Location)54.323742 9.028023	Protestant cemetery / churchyard (grave complex)	Grave site for four Soviet forced laborers.
	Hennstedt	(Location)54.279664 9.161828	Military cemetery (WWI war cemetery)	Grave site for four Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.