Name: Rittershain Private Forest Cemetery
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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Cornberg

Rittershain Private Forest Cemetery

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Cornberg

Rittershain Private Forest Cemetery

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Location: Cornberg, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Große Doline Rockensüß – Three Crosses (Cornberg) loop from Cornberg

15.6km

04:20

290m

280m

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2. Große Doline Rockensüß – Rittershain Castle loop from Rockensüß

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03:38

250m

260m

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3. Rittershain Castle – Circular hiking trails Königswald loop from Königswald

12.2km

03:29

280m

290m

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Andreas

May 16, 2021

In 1910, Hilmar Freiherr von der Recke (1864–1937) became the owner of Rittershain Castle. A year later, he had this private cemetery built in the forest. He was buried here in 1937 and his wife Mathilde, née von der Malsburg, in 1975. Other graves belong to Peter von Wowern-Schmidt (1953), his wife Luise (1956) and the domestic servant Mary Hansen (1953). And the urn burial is that of Sibylle Helene Emma Freifrau von der Recke (2007). Recommended reading: Heinz Moch – Rittershain, History from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2008.

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Nordhesse

December 5, 2021

A beautifully laid out forest grave site for the residents of the former Rittershain hunting lodge.

It is well hidden behind a crossroads, about 800m from the K50 and offers interesting and impressive sights.

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Bernd

May 26, 2022

Unfortunately we ran past it... 😟

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Location: Cornberg, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Rittershain Private Forest Cemetery

1. Große Doline Rockensüß – Three Crosses (Cornberg) loop from Cornberg

2. Große Doline Rockensüß – Rittershain Castle loop from Rockensüß

3. Rittershain Castle – Circular hiking trails Königswald loop from Königswald

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