Abreschviller

Département Moselle


274 German war dead

455 French war dead


First World War


The Franco-German military cemetery in Abreschviller was built by the German
German troops for those killed in the so-called "Battle of Lorraine", which took place from
20.-August 23, 1914, which also severely affected Abreschviller itself and the surrounding area
and the area around the village. In addition, there were deceased wounded and, until
1918 from the positional battles, approx. 15 km southwest of Abreschviller
Abreschviller. In the course of the war, the local stage services buried
german and French casualties who died during the fighting at the beginning of the war
1914 were provisionally buried in scattered field graves in five surrounding communal areas
Scattered field graves in five surrounding communal areas were moved to Abreschviller. Those resting here
belonged to units whose home garrisons were in Baden, Bavaria,
Württemberg, Lorraine, Alsace and the Rhineland.

Repair work between the wars


After the end of the war, the French military authorities expanded the cemetery
the cemetery after the end of the war by adding fallen soldiers from seven surrounding
Surrounding communities. They also built a joint entrance to the two cemeteries
Cemeteries, erected a memorial and marked the French graves with concrete crosses
by concrete crosses with screwed-on name plaques. Initial work on the
german cemetery was carried out by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
on the basis of an agreement with the French military authorities on the
Treatment of joint cemeteries in 1928. They mainly concerned the
The planting of trees and the greening of the cemetery. The common grave
received a natural stone border. A wooden cross was erected to mark the cemetery
a wooden high cross was erected. However, the problem of a
permanent marking of the German graves remained unsolved due to a lack of foreign currency and the
the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
Final design


Following the conclusion of the Franco-German War Graves Agreement of July 19, 1966, the
1966, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. (German War Graves Commission) - financially
supported by the Federal Government - was able to begin the final design of the
german military cemeteries in France from the time of the First World War
begin. The entire area of the German part of the cemetery was
the entire area of the German part of the cemetery was landscaped and the trees were supplemented or renewed.
Volunteers from the Volksbund's youth camps were also involved in this work. 1973
the previous temporary wooden grave markers were replaced with
Natural stone crosses engraved with the names and dates of those buried here.

70 fallen soldiers rest in individual graves and 204 in a common grave. The
Grave of a fallen of the Jewish faith was given a gravestone made of stone instead of
a grave stele made of natural stone instead of a cross for religious reasons. The Hebrew characters
say:


1. (above) "Here rests buried ... ."

2. (below) "May his soul be interwoven into the circle of the living".