Saarbrücken, Hauptfriedhof

In Saarbrücken, 3,316 soldiers rest in cemeteries in various parts of the city
Soldiers, concentration camp and bombing victims as well as foreign war dead from the 1st and 2nd World Wars and 560 dead from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71.
World War and 560 dead from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71
the heavy fighting around the Spicher Heights in August 1870, the Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken city council sought a burial site for the German and French soldiers who fell there and
german and French soldiers who fell there and purchased a three-acre site for 400
large area - the Mockental.
At the suggestion of the local population, this burial ground was named Ehrental.

During the war years of 1870/71, it was not easy for the municipal authorities
to provide for the burial of the dead and their graves.
They were supported by a citizens' committee and donations from the population
From the population. Just a few days after the Battle of Spichern, the
The city administration began to investigate the graves and answer
Relatives, both from Germany and from France
France. As the names and grave locations of the fallen were only recorded in exceptional cases
were only recorded in exceptional cases, it was not possible to determine the exact number of
Only a small number could be identified. Many
Graves bear grave markers erected by relatives.