Maissemy Kriegsgräberstätte - German War Cemetery
Historical Information (Source: Volksbund)
The cemetery in Maissemy is the second largest German war cemetery from the First World War in France, containing the remains of 30,481 soldiers. Of these, 15,481 are buried in individual graves, 75 of whom remain unidentified. The remaining 15,000 are interred in two mass graves, of which only 967 are known by name.
Inside the chapel is a bronze sarcophagus engraved with an angel motif. The ceiling was created using 340 000 pieces of mosaic.
