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Patrimoine & Culture
Nécropole allemande
📍 Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel, Meuse
· 55210 Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
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Located behind the village church, the Viéville-sous-les-côtes German cemetery contains the graves of 1,179 soldiers who fell in the First World War.
The Viéville German military cemetery was created in November 1914 by the rear services of the German 33rd Res. Inf. Div.. It initially housed the division's dead from the fighting for the Meuse heights west of Viéville. Later, other divisions engaged here also buried their dead in this cemetery. Sculptors who had served as soldiers created the monument in 1915. It was severely damaged during the fighting of summer and autumn 1918 and rebuilt by the French authorities at the end of the war, in a slightly smaller size.
The Viéville German military cemetery was created in November 1914 by the rear services of the German 33rd Res. Inf. Div.. It initially housed the division's dead from the fighting for the Meuse heights west of Viéville. Later, other divisions engaged here also buried their dead in this cemetery. Sculptors who had served as soldiers created the monument in 1915. It was severely damaged during the fighting of summer and autumn 1918 and rebuilt by the French authorities at the end of the war, in a slightly smaller size.
