Waldfriedhof Halbe

#2438 among destinations in Germany

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Halbe Forest Cemetery is located in the municipality of Halbe in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg and is one of the largest war gravesites in Germany. More than 28,000 victims of World War II rest there, mostly those killed in the Halbe Cauldron, but also executed deserters of the Wehrmacht, forced laborers and those who died between 1945 and 1947 from the Soviet special camp Ketschendorf. Responsible for the maintenance is the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°6'11"N, 13°41'35"E

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Waldfriedhof Halbe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tropical Islands Resort, Teupitzer See, Wehlaberg, Köthener See.

5 miSE
Tropical-themed resort with a rainforest
Tropical Islands Resort
128 min walk • Tropical Islands Resort is an extraordinary escape nestled in the heart of Germany. This massive indoor amusement park, housed in a former airship hangar, is renowned for being one of the largest indoor water parks in the world.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Teupitzer See
114 min walk • Teupitzer See is a lake in Teupitzer Gewässer, Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in the town of Teupitz.
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Wehlaberg, Spree Forest
142 min walk • Wehlaberg is a hill in Brandenburg, Germany.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Köthener See, Spree Forest
136 min walk • Köthener See is a lake in Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 43 m, and has a surface area of 1.48 km². It is located in the municipality of Märkisch Buchholz, Dahme-Spreewald district.
5.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Luchsee, Spree Forest
152 min walk • Luchsee is a lake in Brandenburg, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 52.7 m and has a surface area is 7.2 ha. It is located in the municipality of Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg, close to the Krausnick hills.
5.5 miE
Canal
Dahme Flood Relief Canal, Spree Forest
140 min walk • The Dahme Flood Relief Canal, or Dahme-Umflutkanal in German, is a canal in the German state of Brandenburg. Its principal purpose is to divert water from the upper reaches of the River Spree just below Leibsch, to run into the River Dahme at Märkisch Buchholz.
7.1 miSW
Museum
Glasmuseum
182 min walk • The Museum Village Baruther Glashütte is a technical monument in the south of the district Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg. The museum deals with the social and technical history of the old glassmaking village.
3 miE
Church
Kirche Märkisch Buchholz
76 min walk • The Protestant village church of Märkisch Buchholz is a classicist sacred building in the town of the same name Märkisch Buchholz in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg.
4.6 miN
52°10'9"N • 13°42'29"E
Germanische Siedlung, Groß Köris
118 min walk • History museum, Museum
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Krausnick hills, Spree Forest
141 min walk • The Krausnick hills are a small range of hills in Eastern Germany in the federal state of Brandenburg.
0.5 miNE
Locality
Halbe
12 min walk • Halbe is a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated near the capital city Berlin and the Spreewald.