In the only German mausoleum in France, more than
More than 6,000 fallen soldiers are buried at the Mont d'Huisnes war cemetery. The
Memorial is located in Normandy.
Cemetery description
The German war cemetery is located within a 30 meter high hill,
one kilometer north of the small community of Huisnes-sur-Mer in Normandy.
The resting place is the only German mausoleum in France. The
Is a circular two-storey building with a diameter of around 47 meters
47 meters in diameter.
Inside the complex, the ground floor and upper floor each have an open
Circular path. There are 34 crypts on each of the two floors, each containing
180 dead. Their names are inscribed on a bronze plaque. In the
Center of the lawn-covered inner courtyard stands a high cross. In a
Between the vestibule and the crypts are 39 known and 58 unknown
and 58 unknown dead of the Second World War, including 20 children
Children.
Occupancy
11,956 fallen soldiers of the Second World War are buried on the site. They
were mostly from the departments of Morbihan, llleet-Vilaine, Mayenne,
Sarthe, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Vienne and Indre, as well as from the Channel Islands of
Channel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Aldernay and Sark.
History
At Avranches, less than 20 kilometers from Huisnes-sur-Mer, the
US Army launched Operation Cobra on July 25, 1944. The offensive made a decisive
in breaking through the German defensive front.
The Huisnes-sur-Mer memorial was inaugurated on September 14, 1963. In
Spring 2012, it received a 16-metre-long and 1.50-metre-wide ramp for the disabled
Meters wide ramp between the entrance and crypt building. The toilet facilities
was equipped with a disabled toilet and has been accessible from the entrance building ever since
barrier-free access from the entrance building. The facility will be renovated in 2021 and 2022 due to
Renovated due to moisture damage and cracks in the concrete parts.
Special feature
From a viewing platform on the war cemetery, you can see the
Mont-Saint-Michel monastery hill in the Wadden Sea. Together with the bay, it has been a
uNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The rocky island is about one kilometer
Kilometer from the coast.
