Ehren-Friedhof, Wilhelmshaven

The cemetery of honor in Wilhelmshaven is located on the edge of the Rüstringer Stadtpark and was established between 1912 and 1914 as a burial place for the naval garrison.

The cemetery of honor goes back to plans by the Hamburg horticultural architect Leberecht Migge, who designed it together with the city park. Many of the marines who died in World War I, especially those from the Battle of Skagerrak, were buried here. In the cemetery there are memorials and honorary monuments in memory of the dead who died on various warships: the battle cruiser Lützow, the tankers Deutschland and Admiral Graf Spee, the battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst, the destroyers Leberecht Maass and Max Schultz, the flak cruiser Medusa, as well as for the fallen submariners of both world wars.

There are also two graves of deceased Soviet prisoners of war in the cemetery.

The cemetery of honor has since been taken over by the city of Wilhelmshaven as a municipal cemetery.