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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Witzenhausen

Ludwigstein War Graves Cemetery

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Witzenhausen

Ludwigstein War Graves Cemetery

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Location: Witzenhausen, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Hanstein Castle (Thuringia Stamp Point No. 339) – View of the Werraschleife loop from Werleshausen

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2. Ludwigstein Youth Castle – Ludwigstein Castle loop from Wendershausen

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3. 2 Castles View – Brunnenhaus Burg Ludwigstein loop from Werleshausen

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Martl

May 12, 2021

The peculiarity of this cemetery lies in the fact that it is occupied by soldiers - mostly very young soldiers from the last contingent in 1945 - as well as prisoners of war, foreign workers and victims of the secret police. The history of this place is closely linked with the ammunition factory Hirschhagen, the labor education camp near Guxhagen or the refugee hospital near Steina.

If you don't want to exclude the lows of human culture from your interests, you should occasionally look at this place. The well-kept complex itself and its location still has something comforting about it.

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Alwin

April 27, 2023

A place of remembrance, never again war. But I think people don't learn.🥴

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Wood Walker

April 25, 2021

The cemetery was built in 1960/61 by the Hessian state government in cooperation with the district administration in Witzenhausen and the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge according to plans by Heinz Dieffenbach.

323 dead from the Second World War found their final resting place at the Ludwigstein war victims cemetery.

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Location: Witzenhausen, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Ludwigstein War Graves Cemetery

1. Hanstein Castle (Thuringia Stamp Point No. 339) – View of the Werraschleife loop from Werleshausen

2. Ludwigstein Youth Castle – Ludwigstein Castle loop from Wendershausen

3. 2 Castles View – Brunnenhaus Burg Ludwigstein loop from Werleshausen

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