Westfriedhof I in Aachen in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Get directions Vaalser Straße 334-336
Aachen, Stadtkreis Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen 52074 Germany

Coordinates: 50.76819, 6.04965
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This cemetery was opened in 1889 and is about 15.3 acres in size. It's located right across the street from the Westfriedhof II. It's one of 25 cemeteries in Aachen:

Friedhof Heissberg
Ostfriedhof
Friedhof Hüls
Friedhof Verlautenheide
Friedhof Hand
Friedhof Horbach
Friedhof Richterich
Westfriedhof I
Westfriedhof II
Friedhof Friesenrath
Friedhof Nirmer Strasse
Waldfriedhof in Aachen
Friedhof Lintert
Friedhof Schleckheim
Friedhof Kolpingstrasse
Friedhof Eschenallee (defunct)
Grabeskirche Sankt Josef
Friedhof "An der Kirche Hand"
Friedhof "An der Kirche St. Severin"
Friedhof "An der Kirche St. Stephan"
Friedhof "Forst"
Friedhof "Friesenstraße"
Friedhof "Hahn"
Friedhof "Lichtenbusch"
Friedhof "Oberforstbach"
Friedhof "Orsbach"
Friedhof "Schmidthof"
Friedhof "Walheim"

Other burial grounds in Aachen are:
Aachener Dom (Cathedral)

There are/were also 6 Jewish Cemteries in the city:
Jüdischer Friedhof Eilendorf (defunct)
Jüdischer Friedhof Haaren (defunct)
Jüdischer Friedhof Kornelimünster (defunct)
Jüdischer Friedhof Lütticher Straße
Jüdischer Friedhof Hüls
Jüdischer Friedhof im Waldfriedhof Aachen

Please note that the graves in Germany are not perpetual. After a certain period of repose (20-30 years) 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 30 years. War Graves are considered memorials and are kept up by the owner of the cemetery. Those are kept forever.