Latvia

Bebrene

Total Occupation: 297 fatalities

Total Occupation: 297 fatalities


Address

Am alten katholischen Friedhof

Bebrene

Latvia


The cemetery is 1775 m² in size. The S and N sides of the cemetery are bordered by an earth wall, the W side by a fieldstone wall with a 3.5 m semi-circular line where the central monument is located. The E side borders directly on an old cathol. Cemetery. The cemetery contains 12 rows of graves with concrete crosses. There is a field stone monument at the western end of the cemetery. The preserved text in the monument: DEN HELDEN ZUR E........ 1914. - 17... German casualties are mainly from GREN.RGT.2.,4.; R.INF.RGT.260., 258. and 259.; JÄGER BRL.3. and 4., fallen in the period from September 1915 to February 1918. In 1990, German soldiers who fell in the Second World War and were buried at the Bebrene technical school were laid to rest in the cemetery between the 8th and 9th rows.