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Darstein Cemetery
Darstein, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany

76848 Darstein

Lat: 49.159661 (49° 9' 34.779") Lon: 7.882196 (7° 52' 55.9056")

Contributed by Recs Jenkins, Aug 08, 2004, last edited Jul 20, 2009 [cemeteries@l-s-s.net]. Total records = 98.

Darstein is a small village (population: 210) in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz and located northwest of Karlsruhe, max. 1 hour by car, in Bergstraße. The biggest town closest to Darstein is Bad Bergzabern.

The cemetery is well maintained and in excellent condition. The eldest of the graves in the cemetery dates from 1922.

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

Albrecht, Amanda (Stoffel), b. 1915, d. 2000, stone #29
Becker, Helmut, b. 1926, d. 1988, stone #25
Böller, Jakob, b. 31 Mar 1881, d. 18 Oct 1922, stone #35
Burkhard, Anni, b. 1925, d. 2000, stone #27
Burkhard, Reinhard, b. 1923, d. 2000, stone #27
Christmann, August, b. 01 Jan 1909, d. 11 Apr 1969, stone #17
Christmann, Ewald, b. 1936, d. 1998, stone #53
Christmann, Eugen, b. 17 Jan 1906, d. 16 Jan 1986, stone #08
Christmann, Hedwig, b. ?? Apr 1911, d. 08 Aug 19??, stone #17
Christmann, Jakob, b. 1897, d. ????, stone #06
Christmann, Karl, b. 28 Nov 1902, d. 09 Nov 1963, stone #38
Christmann, Lina (Keller), b. 1899, d. 1975, stone #06
Christmann, Lina (Stoffel), b. 12 Sep 1904, d. 01 Aug 1974, stone #08
Christmann, Philippine (Weber), b. 10 Sep 1907, d. 11 Mar 1986, stone #38
Cunz, Irene Luise (David), b. 1907, d. 1980, stone #52
Cunz, Michael-Lothar, b. 1903, d. 1968, stone #52
Eickert, August, b. 27 ??? 1900, d. 29 Apr 1962, stone #28
Eickert, Berta, b. 24 Sep 1894, d. 11 Aug 1964, stone #28
Eickert, Luise (Stoffel), b. 03 Jul 1904, d. 08 Dec 1984, stone #28
Eitel, Adolf, b. 25 Feb 1899, d. 22 Jun 1985, stone #43
Eitel, Elisabetha (Becker), b. 15 Sep 1899, d. 15 Jan 1968, stone #43
Eitel, Hedwig (Helfer), b. 15 Oct 1897, d. 11 Jan 1927, stone #36
Flickinger, Oswald, b. 1933, d. 1973, stone #09
Gleichmann, Emma (Keller), b. 1899, d. 1959, stone #47
Gleichmann, Erwin, b. 1924, d. 1995, stone #07
Gleichmann, Friedrich, b. 1899, d. 1995, stone #47
Graushaar, Anna (Sengling), b. 1888, d. 1976, stone #10
Graushaar, Heinrich, b. 1883, d. 1965, stone #50
Graushaar, Jakob, b. 11 Apr 1884, d. 16 Jul 1971, stone #15
Graushaar, Luise (Schild), b. 1883, d. 1954, stone #50
Graushaar, Maria (Wagner), b. 10 Oct 1890, d. 05 Aug 1968, stone #15
Graushaar, Marx, b. 1890, d. 1972, stone #10
Haus, Anna (Stöbener), b. 27 Feb 1899, d. 01 Nov 1998, stone #41
Haus, Friedel (Stoffel), b. 13 Jun 1926, d. 01 Oct 1967, stone #48
Haus, Peter, b. 25 Jul 1897, d. 26 Mar 1965, stone #41
Heft, Charlotte (Wiedmann), b. 1922, d. 1994, stone #33
Heft, Edwin, b. 1920, d. 1994, stone #49
Heft, Heinrich, b. 26 May 1892, d. 30 Dec 1968, stone #16
Heft, Karl, b. 1891, d. 1958, stone #49
Heft, Luise (Stoffel), b. 21 Mar 1896, d. 28 May 1974, stone #16
Heft, Mathilde (Eitel), b. 02 Jul 1923, d. 20 Jan 1958, stone #51
Heft, Wilhelmine (Schmitt), b. 1891, d. 1962, stone #49
Helfer, Elisabetha (Becker), b. 03 Apr 1870, d. 24 Jul 1949, stone #36
Helfer, Georg, b. 01 Apr 1872, d. 26 Jun 1952, stone #36
Jung, Heinz, b. 1928, d. 1988, stone #24
Keller, Adam, b. 1902, d. 1979, stone #18
Keller, Anna (Niekum), b. 1908, d. 1996, stone #18
Keller, Emil, b. 1904, d. 1978, stone #05
Keller, Erna, b. 1909, d. 1996, stone #05
Keller, Ernst, b. 1906, d. 1944 Eisernes Kreuz, stone #01
Keller, Franz, b. 1950, d. 1993, stone #23
Keller, Frieda (Stoffel), b. 1904, d. 1978, stone #13
Keller, Heinrich, b. 1907, d. 1970, stone #13
Keller, Helga (Lang), b. 1944, d. 1997, stone #31
Keller, Hermine (Keller), b. 1910, d. 1990, stone #01
Kirsch, Anna (Steidler), b. 1911, d. 1981, stone #19
Kirsch, Eugen, b. 1912, d. 1983, stone #19
Kirsch, Herbert, b. 1934, d. 1993, stone #44
Ladenberger, Rudolf, b. 19 Feb 1927, d. 09 Aug 2002, stone #46
Metz, Emil, b. 21 Oct 1922, d. 09 Dec 1993, stone #22
Metz, Emma, b. 1904, d. 1995, stone #32
Perret, Otto, b. 1907, d. 1999, stone #20
Perret, Wilhelmine, b. 1907, d. 1999, stone #20
Schmich, Uwe, b. 13 Dec 1959, d. 30 May 2001, stone #39
Schmitt, Valentin, b. 1860, d. 1930, stone #49
Schmitt, Valentin, b. 1884, d. 1939, stone #49
Schnäbele, Hermann, b. 19 Nov 1928, d. 06 May 1994, stone #34
Schnäbele, Marie (Bretz), b. 1903, d. 1986, stone #02
Sengling, Adam, b. 13 May 1866, d. 29 Dec 1922, stone #35
Sengling, Barbara (Stoffel), b. 29 Oct 1868, d. 10 Jan 1942, stone #35
Sengling, Elsa, b. 14 Dec 1923, d. 07 Feb 1994, stone #40
Sengling, Emma (Rapp), b. 1903, d. 1971, stone #14
Sengling, Ernst, b. 29 Sep 1893, d. 20 Mar 1967, stone #42
Sengling, Johann, b. 1899, d. 1979, stone #14
Sengling, Philippine (Sengling), b. 21 Apr 1893, d. 26 Jul 1973, stone #42
Steidler, August, b. 1910, d. 1987, stone #20
Steidler, Karl, b. 1902, d. 1982, stone #20
Stöbener, Ernst, b. 04 Feb 1934, d. 26 Mar 2002, stone #03
Stöbener, Franziska (Badinger), b. 27 Feb 1909, d. 15 Apr 1970, stone #11
Stöbener, Oskar, b. 02 Sep 1908, d. 11 Jun 1985, stone #11
Stoffel, Adam, b. 1905, d. 1970, stone #12
Stoffel, Alwine, b. 1916, d. 1994, stone #26
Stoffel, Christina (Eitel), b. 15 Feb 1892, d. 25 Jan 1963, stone #37
Stoffel, Edith, b. 11 Aug 1960, d. 07 Apr 1961, stone #21
Stoffel, Elisabeth (Becker), b. 20 Nov 1900, d. 09 Mar 1981, stone #45
Stoffel, Fritz, b. 10 Feb 1847, d. 27 Feb 1931, stone #45
Stoffel, Georg, b. 23 Apr 1890, d. 10 May 1965, stone #37
Stoffel, Herbert, b. 11 Apr 1937, d. 13 Aug 1987, stone #21
Stoffel, Ida (Graushaar), b. 1911, d. 1990, stone #12
Stoffel, Karl, b. 06 Sep 1903, d. 19 Mar 1977, stone #04
Stoffel, Katharina (Heft), b. 22 Aug 1850, d. 23 Sep 1935, stone #45
Stoffel, Marx, b. 31 Dec 1872, d. 01 Mar 1960, stone #45
Stoffel, Otto, b. 19 Feb 1896, d. 28 Sep 1988, stone #45
Stoffel, Philippine (Christmann), b. 12 Aug 1873, d. 07 Apr 1951, stone #45
Stoffel, Philippine (Stoffel), b. 07 Feb 1858, d. 30 May 1936, stone #35
Stoffel, Reinhard, b. 1909, d. 1997, stone #26
Stoffel, Rosa (Passauer), b. 07 May 1910, d. 09 Apr 1996 verw. Kunz, stone #04
Weber, Hans, b. 1940, d. 1974, stone #07