Cemetery Ehrenhain

In the place Ochtrup, slightly outside the center, is the old cemetery.
The "Ehrenhain" is a beautiful old cemetery with various tombstones, especially from the 2nd half of the 19th century. In addition, a War Memorial from 1866 and remains of a war memorial from 1887.

The first cemetery of Ochtrup, next to the church park, was built outside the city center during the French rule. A memorial to the fallen was inaugurated here in 1961. The sculptor W. Kuhn from Emmerich made the statue, two floating angels lying on top of each other. The 90 meter long wall bears the names of fallen and missing Ochtrup soldiers. Furthermore, there are about 40 to 50 stone crosses with the names of fallen inhabitants of Ochtrup.

"Ehrenhain" is loosely translated for "honorary forest".

Erebushes exist or existed in many countries as part of the burial culture, especially to commemorate war victims. To commemorate the war victims, a large number of honorary forests were planted in the German Empire. At the end of 1914, the landscape gardener Willy Lange developed the so-called "German Heroes Grove". According to his concept, an oak tree should be planted for every soldier killed in a community. His concept was subsequently used throughout Germany.

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• Text: Bjorn van Marle
• Photos: Bjorn van Marle