Russian and Soviet war cemeteries in the Pinneberg district

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In the district of Pinneberg there are nine places Russian and Soviet war graves of both world wars. 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
Schleswig-Holstein, Barmstedt, memorial in the cemetery NIK 8263.jpg Barmstedt 53 ° 48 ′ 9 ″ N, 9 ° 46 ′ 22 ″ E At the cemetery community cemetery (grave complex) Grave site for two unknown Soviet victims of World War II. Note 3
Schleswig-Holstein, Brande-Hörnerkirchen, cemetery NIK 8232.jpg Brande-Hörnerkirchen 53 ° 50 ′ 57 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 37" E Barmstedter Strasse Friedhof (WWI war cemetery) Grave of a Russian prisoner of war of the First World War.
Schleswig-Holstein, Brande-Hörnerkirchen, cemetery NIK 8230.jpg Brande-Hörnerkirchen 53 ° 50 ′ 57 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 37" E Barmstedter Strasse cemetery (grave complex) Grave site for two Soviet victims of World War II.
Schleswig-Holstein, Elmshorn, cemetery NIK 1132.jpg Elmshorn 53 ° 45 ′ 58 "N, 9 ° 39 ′ 35" E Friedensallee Evangelischer Friedhof (grave complex) Grave site for 24 Soviet victims of World War II.
Heist 53 ° 39 ′ 20 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 15" E Wedeler Chaussee community cemetery (grave complex) Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
Schleswig-Holstein, Pinneberg, cemetery NIK 8376.jpg Pinneberg 53 ° 38 ′ 25 "N, 9 ° 47 ′ 38" E Hogenkamp Stadtfriedhof (grave complex) Grave site for eleven Soviet prisoners of war and slave labor.
Schleswig-Holstein, Quickborn, memorial in the cemetery NIK 8829.jpg Quickborn 53 ° 44 ′ 2 "N, 9 ° 53 ′ 46" E Ellerauer Strasse Nordfriedhof (WWI war cemetery) Grave site for five Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.
Schleswig-Holstein, Quickborn, memorial in the cemetery NIK 8317.jpg Quickborn 53 ° 44 ′ 2 "N, 9 ° 53 ′ 45" E Ellerauer Strasse Nordfriedhof (grave complex) Gravesite for 19 Soviet prisoners of war and slave labor. Note 4
Schleswig-Holstein, Rellingen, cemetery NIK 8332.jpg Rellingen 53 ° 38 ′ 57 "N, 9 ° 50 ′ 3" E Hamburger Strasse Evangelical Cemetery (grave complex) Grave site for 23 Soviet prisoners of war and slave labor. Note 5
Uetersen Gravestone Captivity.JPG Uetersen 53 ° 41 ′ 38 "N, 9 ° 41 ′ 1" E Friedhofstraße / Hochfeldstraße Neuer Friedhof (grave complex) Gravesite for at least 27 Soviet prisoners of war and slave labor.
Schleswig-Holstein, Wedel, cemetery NIK 8845.jpg frond 53 ° 35 ′ 24 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 51" E Broad way Evangelical cemetery (grave complex) Grave site for 22 foreign victims of World War II, including ten people of Soviet origin.
Note 1The coordinates come from the GPS data of the camera used
Note 2 The number of victims and the location of the graves are often imprecise
Note 3There are many more names on grave slabs in the complex, see the memorial at the Barmstedt cemetery
Note 4There are only fifteen tombstones. The picture with the rotating columns is also dedicated to Polish forced laborers.
Note 5 Twelve names are known, eleven are unknown.

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