German War Cemetery Hehlrath
186 German soldiers are buried in the Hehlrath war cemetery. Most were between the ages of 18 and 20. Hehlrath is one of the first war cemeteries in the Aachen region.
Most of them died in the hospital, which was set up in the Castle of Kinzweiler during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.
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Source
- Text: Jos Birx & Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Jos Birx (1, 2, 3, 4), Fedor de Vries (5)
Nearby
Point of interest
- Former Military Airport Merzbrück - Würselen
- Telephone Connecting Point Westwall - Eschweiler
- Telephone Connecting Point Westwall - Aachen-Verlautenheide
Monument
- War Memorial Hehlrath - Hehlrath-Eschweiler
- War Memorial Kinzweiler - Kinzweiler
- Remembrance Texts German Fallen Kinzweiler - Kinzweiler
Cemetery
- Jewish Cemetery Begau - Begau
- German War Graves Eschweiler - Eschweiler
- German War Graves Neu-Lohn - Neu-Lohn
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Jakobstraße 1 - Alsdorf
- Stumbling Stones Marienstraße 45 - Eschweiler
- Stumbling Stones Marienstraße 62 - Eschweiler
Fortification
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