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STADTLOHN: Borken

48703 North Rhine-Westphalia (Gerz, Peters)

  • 1) Fr. Klosterstr.
  • 2) Fr. Losberg.
  • CEMETERY: Located Klosterstrasse. Used 1669-1910.Visible gravestones: 2 (in addition to the two gravestones at the cemetery and an obelisk erected in 1903 with the names of 23 deceased.) The total number of those buried here is estimated at 200. [Sep 2012]
    - Approximately 1975-2000 by Heritage Office (Photos)
    - History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987, p.33
    - History in Handbook 2008, page 648 f

    CEMETERY: Located Losberg Embankment. Used 1911-about 1940. Visible gravestones: None. Until the end of the community in the Nazi era, the cemetery held 18 burials. The cemetery was completely destroyed by the Nazis. [Sep 2012]
    - History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987, p.33
    - History in Handbook 2008, page 649