Bartossen German war cemetery, War cemetery in Bartosze, Poland

Bartossen German War Cemetery lies about five kilometres west of Ełk, on a plateau reached by steps and enclosed by natural-stone walls and paths. Three tall wooden crosses stand on the site of the World War I cemetery; the graves of the World War II dead are marked by groups of symbolic crosses.

The cemetery began as a burial site during World War I and was significantly expanded in the decades that followed. Much of its current scale developed after World War II when many more remains were interred at the location.

The three tall wooden crosses visible from the road belong to the World War I cemetery, which was renovated in 1990. The Polish war dead are not buried here but in the military section of the municipal cemetery in Ełk, a separate site maintained by the town.

The cemetery is located near a main road in the direction of Olsztyn and can be reached easily by car with designated parking available. The grounds are walkable and allow visitors to move through at their own pace.

In 2017, 2,974 dead were reburied here from a prisoner-of-war cemetery in Toruń, found during construction of a new housing estate. They were former prisoners of war and civilians, including women and children, who died of disease and hunger in a Soviet camp with a large hospital.