Quesnoy-sur-Deûle

This war cemetery is home to 1,964 German war dead from the First World War.
World War I.

Département Nord

The German military cemetery at Quesnoy-sur-Deûle was established in November 1914 by the
german troops, who buried their dead here until the end of November 1916
buried here. In 1920 and 1925, the French military authorities
Military authorities undertook further burials, including from Comines. A
Field cemetery of the II. bayer. Army Corps was dissolved; the 308 dead were given a common grave in
A common grave in Quesnoy. A large number of those resting here fell during the
heavy fighting on Belgian soil south of Ypres in October and November
1914 (1st Battle of Flanders) and in December at Armentières. The
1915 and 1916 caused further heavy losses, but in 1918 only two German casualties were
only two German dead were buried.
The dead belonged to units whose home garrisons were predominantly in
Saxony and Bavaria, but also in Württemberg, Hesse, Mecklenburg, Silesia,
Pomerania, Brandenburg, Alsace and Lorraine. At that time
the troops erected a central marker, while a memorial stone was placed on the communal grave
Memorial stone was placed on the common grave.

Repair work
between the wars
The first work to improve the condition of the cemetery was carried out by the
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. (German War Graves Commission) on the basis of an agreement made in 1926 with the
with the responsible French military authorities in 1926.
However, the problem of permanently marking the graves remained due to a lack of
Lack of foreign currency and 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 finalize the design of the German
Cemeteries in France from the time of the First World War.
In addition to a fundamental landscaping overhaul, in 1977
the replacement of the temporary wooden grave markers with crosses made of Belgian granite
Granite crosses engraved with the names and dates of those buried here. Of the 1,964
Fallen, 1,656 rest in individual graves; 28 remain nameless. In the
Common grave with the 308 dead from Comines, one victim remained unnamed.

For religious reasons, the grave of a fallen of the Jewish faith was
a stele made of the same material instead of a cross for religious reasons. The Hebrew
Characters read:
1. (above) "Here rests buried.... ."
2. (below) "May his soul be included in the circle of the living."

Maintenance:
The cemetery is constantly cared for by the Volksbund's maintenance service.