Vladslo German war cemetery

Vladslo German war cemetery
German War Graves Commission
(Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge)
Crosses at Vladslo
Used for those deceased 1914-1918
Established1956 (Concentration cemetery)
Location51°04′14″N 2°55′46″E / 51.07056°N 2.92944°E / 51.07056; 2.92944
near 
Total burials25,644
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Official nameFunerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, vi
Designated2023 (45th session)
Reference no.1567-FL02

Vladslo German war cemetery is about three kilometres north east of Vladslo, near Diksmuide, Belgium. Established during World War I, the cemetery originally held 3,233 wartime burials.[1] In 1956, burials from many smaller surrounding cemeteries were concentrated in Vladslo, and it now contains the remains of 25,644 soldiers.[1] Each stone bears the name of twenty soldiers, with just their name, rank, and date of death specified.

The cemetery is administered by the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge). They also look after the three other German war cemeteries in Belgium: Langemark, Menen and Hooglede.

  1. ^ a b "Web matters". Web matters. 1914-10-23. Retrieved 2014-04-10.