Waldfriedhof Aachen in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Get directions Monschauer Straße 65
Aachen, Stadtkreis Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen 52076 Germany

Coordinates: 50.74686, 6.10756
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The Waldfriedhof (Forest Cemtery) has military and civilian grave sections, final resting places for victims of World War I and II. Those also contain hundreds of graves of soldiers from 16 countries. Several monuments commemorate the victims of the Nazi-period in Germany. Opened in 1939 it has a size of 54.2 acres.

It is one of 25 cemeteries in the city:

Friedhof Heissberg

Ostfriedhof

Friedhof Hüls

Friedhof Verlautenheide

Friedhof Nirmer Strasse

Waldfriedhof in Aachen

Friedhof Lintert

Friedhof Schleckheim

Friedhof Kolpingstrasse

Friedhof Eschenallee (defunct)

Grabeskirche Sankt Josef

Friedhof "An der Kirche Hand"

Friedhof "An der Kirche St. Severin"

Friedhof "An der Kirche St. Stephan"

Friedhof "Forst"

Friedhof "Friesenstraße"

Friedhof "Hahn"

Friedhof "Lichtenbusch"

Friedhof "Oberforstbach"

Friedhof "Orsbach"

Friedhof "Schmidthof"

Friedhof "Walheim"

Other burial grounds in Aachen are:

Aachener Dom (Cathedral)

There are/were also 6 Jewish Cemteries in the city:

Jüdischer Friedhof Eilendorf (defunct)

Jüdischer Friedhof Haaren (defunct)

Jüdischer Friedhof Kornelimünster (defunct)

Jüdischer Friedhof Lütticher Straße

Jüdischer Friedhof Hüls

Jüdischer Friedhof im Waldfriedhof Aachen

Please note that the graves in Germany are not perpetual. After a certain period of repose (20-30 years) the graves are being leveled and re-used. There is no toxic embalming being done in Germany, so the coffin and the corpse have decomposed naturally. If the family of the deceased decides to purchase another period the duration can be extended by another 30 years. War Graves are considered memorials and are kept up by the owner of the cemetery. Those are kept forever.