Cemetery #328228
Wegscheide Woodland Cemetery
Local name: Waldfriedhof Wegscheide
0
documented records
≈ 45–90
approx. capacity (graves)
2,250 m²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Waldfriedhof Wegscheide is a war graves site near Bad Orb in Hesse, about one kilometre south of the Landschulheim Wegscheide in the forest. It holds the graves of 1,430 victims of the Second World War and is locally referred to as the Russenfriedhof.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 50.201518° N, 9.407041° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Bad Orb Expellees' Cemetery 1.3 km away · Bad Orb
- Lettgenbrunn Cemetery 3.5 km away · Lettgenbrunn
- Oberndorf Cemetery 4.7 km away · Oberndorf
- Bad Orb Cemetery 5.2 km away · Bad Orb · 344 records
- Bad Orb Jewish Cemetery 5.6 km away · Bad Orb
- Pfaffenhausen Cemetery 6.1 km away · Pfaffenhausen
- Mernes Cemetery 6.7 km away · Mernes
- Bieber Catholic Cemetery 6.9 km away · Bieber
- Bieber Evangelical Cemetery 7.3 km away · Bieber
- Alsberg Cemetery 7.5 km away · Alsberg
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How big is Wegscheide Woodland Cemetery?
Wegscheide Woodland Cemetery covers about 2,250 m² (0.6 acres), about the size of 9 tennis courts. It is the 761st smallest of the 3,180 cemeteries we list in Hesse.