This older one of the two city cemeteries (Stadtfriedhof) was opened in 1860 and is still owned and managed by the Lutheran Church in Gütersloh. This cemetery has several war grave sections (War of 1870/71, World War I and World War II): "Den Opfern der Kriege und der Gewalt" (To the victims of war and terror), with 468 graves of military and civilian victims.

Please note that the graves in Germany are not perpetual. After a certain period of repose (20 years for the cemeteries in Gütersloh) the graves are being leveled and re-used. There is no toxic embalming being done in Germany, so the coffin and the corpse have decomposed naturally. If the family of the deceased decides to purchase another period the duration can be extended by another 20 years. War Graves are considered memorials and are kept up by the owner of the cemetery. Those are kept forever.

The Neuer Stadtfriedhof and other cemeteries in Gütersloh County are listed HERE.

This older one of the two city cemeteries (Stadtfriedhof) was opened in 1860 and is still owned and managed by the Lutheran Church in Gütersloh. This cemetery has several war grave sections (War of 1870/71, World War I and World War II): "Den Opfern der Kriege und der Gewalt" (To the victims of war and terror), with 468 graves of military and civilian victims.

Please note that the graves in Germany are not perpetual. After a certain period of repose (20 years for the cemeteries in Gütersloh) the graves are being leveled and re-used. There is no toxic embalming being done in Germany, so the coffin and the corpse have decomposed naturally. If the family of the deceased decides to purchase another period the duration can be extended by another 20 years. War Graves are considered memorials and are kept up by the owner of the cemetery. Those are kept forever.

The Neuer Stadtfriedhof and other cemeteries in Gütersloh County are listed HERE.