Blankenheim-Alendorf-Kriegsgräberstätte

The German soldiers who fell in the heavy defensive battles in the winter of 1944/45 along the Ahr were buried where they fell. They were transferred from the cemeteries in Ahrdorf, Ahrhütte, Blankenheimersdorf, Dollendorf, Lommersdorf, Nettesheim and Ripsdorf to the war cemetery next to the old pilgrimage church, which was inaugurated on September 11, 1966, to ensure their permanent resting place. This war cemetery is the resting place of 146 war dead of various nations from World War II. World War II. 132 Germans 1 former Soviet Union Union 13 others