The war cemetery in Runkel was officially opened in 1968, and is the final resting place for 239 persons, most of whom died during the Second World War. These were Polish and Soviet Prisoners of War, forced labourers and prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp, at least 11 children of forced labourers, as well as Wehrmacht soldiers, SS members and German civilians. The cemetery also holds the graves of several persons who fell in World War I.
In the 1960s, the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.) moved to the Runkel war cemetery the remains of all those who died or fell in this area during World War II.
According to archive lists, it is the burial place of 14 victims from Poland, including eight prisoners of war.
Cemetery address: Runkel, Hesse
Zum Greifenstein
65594 Runkel
GPS: 50.399204,8.164291
Cemetery administration: Magistrat der Stadt Runkel,
www.stadtrunkel.de,
rathaus@stadtrunkel.de,
Burgstrasse 4, 65594 Runkel,
+49 6482 9161-0
