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Elberfeld War Cemetery

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Elberfeld War Cemetery

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Elberfeld War Cemetery

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Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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TauschMa93

December 2, 2016

The Elberfeld Cemetery of Honor on the flank of the Kiesberg below the Königshöhe is one of two cemeteries in the city of Wuppertal. 567 fallen soldiers of the First World War rest on it.
- Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenfriedhof_Elberfeld)

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JakobusPilger

August 27, 2021

As a memorial to the endless number of war dead, such places - usually referred to as "war cemeteries" or "soldiers' cemeteries" - are still very important today. "Now, Lord, let your servant go in peace, as you said." However, the many people buried here were by no means divorced in peace, but became victims of the war and an inhuman tyranny.
The most important and at the same time everlasting function of the soldiers' or honorary cemeteries or war cemeteries is therefore to keep the memory of this suffering alive and – every generation anew (!) – to remind people of the lasting preservation of peace.

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

June 8, 2021

The cemetery is located on the slope of the Kiesberg, not far from Königshöher Weg, behind an obelisk that was erected in 1913 to commemorate the wars of liberation against Napoleon in 1813. In the past, the obelisk offered a wonderful view of the city. Today, however, many trees prevent a clear view of the valley. Some historical photos show the development of the cemetery, the grave sites of which were initially marked with wooden signs.

Today there are 546 fallen soldiers in the cemetery of honor, 416 of them were born in Elberfeld and 13 are foreigners. The cemetery regulations stipulated that the following dead could be buried there: Elberfields who fell in the field, those who died in Elberfeld hospitals, war invalids and those who had fallen from enemy states. All the French and English who were buried there were returned to their homeland after the war.

denkmal-wuppertal.de/2010/02/kriegerdenkmal-auf-dem-elberfelder.html

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Elberfeld War Cemetery

1. Samba-Trasse – Von der Heydt Tower loop from Theishahn

2. Samba-Trasse – View of Wuppertal loop from Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten

3. Von der Heydt Tower – View over western Wuppertal loop from Pestalozzistraße

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