Haus Spital War Cemetery, War cemetery in Gievenbeck district, Münster, Germany.

Haus Spital War Cemetery lies in the Schonebeck farming community in the north-west of Münster and holds 816 war dead, most of them Russian, which is why locals call it the Russenfriedhof. French prisoners of war laid it out in 1914; the entrance gate and the memorial, a stone base carrying an obelisk, were made in 1916 by the French sculptor Broucke. The obelisk joins the English, Russian and Belgian royal coats of arms beneath the Gallic rooster.

French prisoners of war interned at the Haus Spital camp laid out the cemetery in 1914 for their fallen comrades; the French architect Auguste Duthoit, held there for 52 months, designed the grounds with camp blacksmiths and masons. The gate and the obelisk memorial were made in 1916 by the French sculptor Broucke. After 1945 a mass grave for about 200 Soviet soldiers was added, alongside 11 Western Allied airmen, 23 French and 53 Italians, most later repatriated.

Locals call it the Russenfriedhof because most of the 816 war dead are Russian. The 1916 memorial is a stone base topped by an obelisk where the English, Russian and Belgian royal coats of arms are united beneath a Gallic rooster, carved by the French sculptor Broucke.

The cemetery is located in the Gievenbeck district and is accessible by foot or public transport. Visitors should allow time to read the gravestones and walk through the grounds at a relaxed pace.

The memorial obelisk at the entrance carries the English royal coat of arms, the coat of arms of the Russian tsarist empire and the Belgian royal coat of arms, united by a Gallic rooster. The French sculptor Broucke created the gate and this monument in 1916.