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This Rheinwiesenlager is part of four Rheinwiesenlager, which are close to each
other located.
Those are:
PWTE-A6 Winzenheim/Bretzenheim;
PWTE-A7 Biebelsheim;
PWTE-A15 Planig;
PWTE-A3 Bad Kreuznach and the Honorary Cemetery in the Lohrer Wald.
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A3-A6-A7-A8 Rheinwiesenlager in and around Bad Kreuznach |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach - map - Honorary Cemetery (Ehrenfriedhof) left - Former Cemetery (ehem. Friedhof) right |
The Rheinwiesenlager of Bad Kreuznach itself was PWTE A3. A few years after the
2nd World War, A3's fields were cleared. The deceased, who were buried on the
Galgenberg, were reburied in the Lohrerwald to the west of Bad Kreuznach.
The A3's original fields have been put to other uses.
I decided to visit the relocated victims of the Rheinwiesenlager first and then
the A3's original fields on and next to the Galgenberg.
We looked in Bad Kreuznach for the "Ehrenfriedhof" on the Lohrerstraße, but the street name was wrong. It became a kind of puzzle tour to find this cemetery. The clues I had, were insufficient. After some back and forth, we found along a street a map of the area. With this information, we found other city maps. In the end, we drove into a narrow and unpaved forest path. We ignored a reference to the car park and drove on to the cemetery itself. We were at the "Ehrenfriedhof Lohrerwald" and it was in the middle of a forest.
The honorary cemetery is walled and there is an imposing entrance gate.
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Ehrenfriedhof Lohrerwald |
The cemetery contained several groups of five stone crosses each time.
There were endless paths of memorial tiles with names and
dates listed. It looked well cared for.
Quietly, in a prayer, I asked God, our Lord and the Almighty
for the reburied deceased of the Rheinwiesenlager to ease the pain suffered
soothe with Love, Light and Peace.
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Ehrenfriedhof Lohrerwald |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Ehrenfriedhof Lohrerwald |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Ehrenfriedhof Lohrerwald |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Ehrenfriedhof Lohrerwald |
Once again we encountered a forbidden area, the Galgenberg, where another memorial
could be located. A road sign "prohibited for all traffic" stopped
us again. We did not drive on.
We visited the eastern side of the Galgenberg from the Silvanenstraße
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Bad Kreuznach, Galgenberg East |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Galgenberg East |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Galgenberg West |
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A3 Bad Kreuznach, Galgenberg West |
For the deceased Rheinwiesenlager victims left behind, I asked God, our Dear Lord and Almighty, all the Galgenberg fields and the areas incorporated into city districts, to provide them with Love, Light and thereby Peace.