Cologne District

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Bergisch Gladbach

French Cemetery (Französischer Friedhof)

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French Cemetery (Französischer Friedhof)

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French Cemetery (Französischer Friedhof)

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Location: Bergisch Gladbach, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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July 6, 2025

Hiking

"The hiker is immersed in the history of the old castle [Bensberg Castle] during the Franco-Prussian Wars when visiting the French and Prussian-Austrian military cemeteries in the neighboring Hardt Forest," reads the description of this section of the Bergisches Land Trail No. 13, which covers 10 kilometers and also includes the two military cemeteries (though the graves themselves are no longer preserved).

For the complete route description, see =>> bergisches-wanderland.de/bergische-streifzuege/alle-streifzuege/13-bensberger-schlossweg-bergisch-gladbach-101-km

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JakobusPilger

July 6, 2025

Hiking

"But perhaps the time is not yet ripe for it (...) lest one day they bring disaster upon one another and their peoples. And if they should do so nevertheless, …

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AlexaE

August 1, 2022

Hiking

A little further away from the cemetery for the Austrian deceased, the French dead were buried here. They were also housed in Bensberg Castle, which was then a military hospital, and because of the risk of epidemics they were buried in the forest.

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