Lauterschwan was once a small village (today part of the village
of Erlenbach) in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz and located
northwest of Karlsruhe, max. 1 hour by car. The biggest town closest
to Lauterschwan is Bad Bergzabern.
The cemetery is well maintained and in excellent condition. The
eldest of the graves in the cemetery dates from 1929.
The re-use of grave plots in Germany is very common. You or your
family rent the plot for a period of 20 to 25 years (the time
period varies from state to state). When this time period is up,
church or civil authorities approach your family or next of kin
concerning a rental renewal. If you have no next of kin, they
can't be found or your relatives elect not to renew the rental,
the plot is reallocated and re-used.
The inscription "Zum Gedenken" (In memory of) on gravestones indicates,
in general, that the body of the individual in question is not
actually buried in the grave. In the cases of soldiers, the body
was either never recovered or it was buried somewhere near the
place where he was killed.
On many gravestones, an "Eisernes Kreuz" (German Iron Cross) -
with or without the date of death - is used to show that the individual
was a soldier either killed in action (gef. = gefallen) or missing
in action (verm. = vermisst).
Contains all visual burials from tombstone inscriptions, completed
by myself and Andreas Driess on 01 Aug 2004. For further information,
in German or English please contact me.
- Recs Jenkins
Benn, Dr. Alexander, b. 1910, d. 1972, stone #01
Benn, Josefine (Ney), b. 1878, d. 1957, stone #02
Boos, Barbara (Allmann), b. 15 Apr 1897, d. 03 Sep 1976,
stone #03
Boos, Franz, b. 10 Jul 1900, d. 23 Jul 1966, stone #03
Boos, Jakob, b. 1886, d. 1965, stone #04
Boos, Magdalena (Boos), b. 1889, d. 1965, stone #04
Engl, Jakob, b. 1897, d. 1974, stone #05
Engl, Theresia, b. 1898, d. 1979, stone #05
Glinsböckel, Albert, b. 12 Jun 1921, d. 01 Mar 1944,, bei
Witebsk, stone #06
Glinsböckel, Christina (Stöbener), b. 22 Aug 1880, d. 29
Aug 1929, stone #06
Glinsböckel, Georg, b. 19 Mar 1876, d. 20 Apr 1949, stone
#07
Glinsböckel, Jürgen, b. 24 Mar 1963, d. 27 May 1970, stone
#08
Glinsböckel, Richard, b. 16 Jun 1920, d. 01 May 1945, stone
#07
Haas, Elsa, b. 14 Apr 1903, d. 10 Sep 1976, stone #09
Haas, Karl, b. 23 May 1903, d. 05 Sep 1987, stone #09
Hammer, Elisabeth, b. 1898, d. 1976, stone #10
Heinl, Walter, b. 1916, d. 2003, stone #11
Koch, Magdalena (Meerfeld), b. 29 May 1912, d. 07 Apr 1999,
stone #12
Linke, Emma (Klimpel), b. 1905, d. 1972, stone #13
Linke, Herbert, b. 1905, d. 1973,, Hier ruhen unsere Lieben
fern ihrer angestammten Heimat, stone #13
Mellert, Hermann, b. 1907, d. 1995, stone #14
Mertz, Alfons, b. 22 Jan 1913, d. 14 Mar 1983, stone #15
Mertz, Anna (Boos), b. 31 Jul 1921, d. 06 Oct 1986, stone
#15
Mertz, Anton, b. 1912, d. 1980, stone #16
Mertz, Margot, b. 1938, d. 1956, stone #16
Mertz, Maria, b. 1915, d. 1996, stone #16
Müller, Josef, b. 1882, d. 1963, stone #17
Müller, Katharina (Weigel), b. 1895, d. 1977, stone #17
Püschel, Günter, b. 1924, d. 1986, stone #18
Raith, Kurt, b. 09 May 1920, d. 25 Jul 1973, stone #19
Reichert, Walter, b. 24 Jul 1927, d. 17 Feb 1978, stone
#20
Reinhardt, Simon, b. 17 Aug 1928, d. 16 Jul 1997, stone
#21
Reinig, Konrad, b. 1897, d. 1976, stone #22
Reinig, Magdalena (Glinsböckel), b. 1902, d. 1974, stone
#22
Schubert, Johannes, b. 1913, d. 1985, stone #23
Storck, Julius, b. 1884, d. 1950, stone #24
Storck, Rosa (Schnur), b. 1887, d. 1961, stone #25
Weiland, Emma (Reinig), b. 1905, d. 1953, stone #26
Weiland, Ferdinand, b. 1903, d. 1984, stone #27
Weiland, Helene, b. 1925, d. 2002, stone #27
Weiland, Magd[alena], b. 1926, d. 1952, stone #28
