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Soviet Cemetery in Belvedere Park, Weimar
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Soviet Cemetery in Belvedere Park, Weimar
Dr. Bernd Gross · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
Soviet Cemetery in Belvedere Park, Weimar
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Soviet Cemetery in Belvedere Park, Weimar

Советское кладбище в парке Бельведер (Веймар)
GermanyВеймар1946–1975Monuments
A 1.7-hectare cemetery on the slope below Belvedere Palace, established by the Soviet Military Administration; from 1946 to 1975 servicemen of units stationed around Weimar and civilian staff were buried here, about 2,000 burials in all. A four-sided travertine obelisk with the USSR coat of arms stands at its centre. The cemetery was under Soviet and then Russian administration until 1994, after which it passed to the City of Weimar; it is on the municipal monument list as part of Belvedere Park.
Кладбище площадью 1,7 гектара на склоне под дворцом Бельведер, устроенное Советской военной администрацией; в 1946–1975 годах здесь хоронили военнослужащих частей, размещённых в районе Веймара, и гражданских служащих — всего около 2000 погребений. В центре стоит четырёхгранный обелиск из травертина с гербом СССР. До 1994 года кладбище находилось в советском, затем российском ведении, после чего перешло в управление города Веймара; оно внесено в городской список памятников как часть парка Бельведер.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionMemorial
Present ownerCity of Weimar
Acquisitionbuilt, 1946
StatusIn use
As of2025-07
According to the City of Weimar, work began on 1 July 2025 to redesign the cemetery as a closed war burial site with funding from the State of Thuringia; completion was planned for the end of April 2026.

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