Marienbildchen War Cemetery

The cemetery is on the Marienweg, which leads to the Schwarzenbroich monastery ruins, on the northern edge of the former Hürtgenwald combat zone.
The name Marienbildchen is reminiscent of the Princess of Merode-Westerloo, who had an image of Mary attached to an oak tree, which has now been replaced by a wooden statue of Mary and is also the station of an annual procession.
In this forest cemetery, a total of 226 fallen German soldiers rest under the protective canopy of the trees: 128 in individual graves and 98 in two collective graves; 170 are known by name. They fell in bitter fighting from November to mid-December 1944 between Merode and Wenau during the "Battle of the Hürtgen Forest". Many of the dead are 18-20 year old paratroopers."

The Marienbildchen Cemetery is a memorial site that is most well known in the Merode forest. I'm all the more wondering where the previous highlight(s) of the Ehrenfriedhof Marienbildchen have gone, which has been available within Komoot for years and not just since October 2022. Kinda weird!

Great memorial! Very well maintained. Trails towards Himmelsgang and Allee are still easily accessible.