Fricourt German war cemetery, War cemetery in Fricourt, France.
The cemetery contains 17,027 German soldiers laid to rest in 5,057 individual graves and four mass graves along the D147 road north of Fricourt.
French authorities established this cemetery in 1920 to centralize German military remains from 79 different locations across the Somme battlefield region.
Metal tablets at the cemetery's rear display the names of identified soldiers, while Jewish servicemen's graves are marked with stones instead of crosses.
The cemetery stands 5 kilometers east of Albert, France, with coordinates at 50.004444 latitude and 2.715278 longitude for precise navigation.
Baron Manfred von Richthofen was temporarily interred here before his remains were transferred to Berlin in November 1925.
Location: Fricourt
Website: https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/friedhof/fricourt
GPS coordinates: 50.00444,2.71528
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:46
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