Durnbach War Cemetery, War cemetery and architectural heritage monument in Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany
Durnbach War Cemetery is a war cemetery in Gmund am Tegernsee, Bavaria, holding over 2,900 Commonwealth burials alongside graves of servicemen from other nations. A book of remembrance on site lists the names of all those buried here.
The cemetery was established after World War II to gather airmen shot down over Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Austria, Hesse, and Thuringia. Soldiers previously scattered across multiple regions were brought together into a single burial ground.
The Durnbach Cremation Memorial commemorates 23 Indian servicemen who died in prisoner-of-war camps in Germany and France and were cremated according to their religious tradition. A plaque at the entrance portal explains the memorial in English and German.
The cemetery lies on Bundesstraße 472 in the Dürnbach district of Gmund am Tegernsee. The entrance portal carries a list of the dead with their grave numbers, and the grave rows are numbered, so a specific grave can be found on site. The low boundary wall allows a wide view across the grounds.
Among the 2,934 Commonwealth burials are 93 unidentified servicemen, and one collective grave holds six unknown airmen. A separate grave contains the ashes of an unknown number of prisoners from Flossenbürg concentration camp, so no count of those dead exists.
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