Sandweiler German war cemetery

Local nameCimetière Allemand
LocationCanton Luxembourg

The Sandweiler German war cemetery is a World War II cemetery in Sandweiler, in southern Luxembourg. It contains the graves of 10,913 German servicemen from the Battle of the Bulge in winter 1944 and spring 1945. Of these, 5,599 were buried by the American war graves service during the war; American casualties were buried at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial about 1.5 kilometres away in Hamm.Following an agreement reached in 1952 between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Federal Republic of Germany, 5,286 bodies were moved to Sandweiler from 150 different cemeteries throughout Luxembourg.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandweiler_German_war_cemetery

Address Luxembourg

Coordinates 49°36'34.189" N 6°12'18.18" E

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