✅ War Graves along the path of the 95th Infantry Division
of the German Wehrmacht

Reimsbach - Military Cemetery

Along the path of the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht lie the first war cemetery, which was inaugurated after arrival in December 1939 by the 95th Infantry Division in Reimsbach an der Saar, a tiny village in the southwestern portion of Germany.
Reimsbach is located in the northern part of the federal state of Saarland who is bounded in the north and east by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and in the south and south-west by France and in the west by Luxembourg. The capital is Saarbrücken.

✅ Arrival of the 95th. Inf. Div. at the Siegfried Line

December 1939

The 95th Infantry Division was formed on September 19, 1939 at the Wildflecken and Hammelburg military training areas as the 5th Wave Division.

At the end of December 1939, the division moved to the Siegfried Line between Merzig, Beckingen, Dillingen and Reimsbach/Saar.

Location of 95ID

Field Hospital 195

The medical services 195 were subordinate to the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht.

The two medical companies San.Kp.1/195 and San.Kp.2/195 including the Field hospital 195 were set up in Wildflecken und Hammelburg on the 19. September 1939.

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
95th. Inf. Div. - War Diary of the Wehrmacht

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14. March.1940 - 12. May1940

In the run-up to the war on May 13, 1940, the 95th Infantry Division was used for strong reconnaissance troops and to obtain favorable starting positions for an attack on the Maginot Line.

An excerpt from the war diary of the 95th Infantry Regiment, which highlights the first fallen soldiers of this unit during the seated war on the Siegfried Line until May 12, 1940, and reads as follows:

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
95th. Inf. Div. - Fox hunting

13. May. 1940

An excerpt from the 2nd. Kp. Infanterie Regiment 278 War Diary which described the circumstances under which their own attack groups could not rise to the height of 262 and suffered heavy losses in one day reads as follows:

On May 12, 1940, under the cover of darkness, the 11th Company secured the availability of the 2nd Company: 1 group at the bridge over the Remeldorfer Bach, 1 group in the group of trees just south of Rémeldorf and 1 group on the eastern slope at height 226.9.

On May 13, 1940, the regiment's reinforced 2nd company attacked Höhe 262 in front of its own lines this was manned like a base by the French.

13. May 1940 at 5.21 a.m., their own heavy weapons opened fire on the enemy positions.
After four minutes the enemy fired a green flare.
However, this illuminated sign was also the signal for the own artillery to stop fire, which made it almost ineffective.
As a result, their own attack groups could not rise to the height of 262 and suffered heavy losses: 28 dead and 25 wounded.

✞ location of height 262 near Rémeldorf,

The majority of the members of the 95th Infantry Division which fell during the attack on the Maginot Line on May 13, 1940, on height 262 near Rémeldorf, is a small Lorraine village across the border on French soil just 2km west of Niedaltdorf in the municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg, Saarland, Germany

German Soldiers from the 95. INF. DIV.
13.May.1940, mortally wounded: 28
13.May.1940, seriously wounded: 25

The majority of the mortally wounded are buried in Reimsbach Military Cemetery.

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
✞ 13.May.1940 - Gefr. Reinhold Kehl

13.May.1940, Monday morning at approximately 5.30 am Private (Gefreiter) KEHL Reinhold was the first fallen soldiers of this unit were to be mourned during the battles on the Siegfried Line near Rémeldorf on French soil from his unit he was also the first buried at the War Cemetery in Reimsbach right side of Row-U, Grave-13.

✞ Final resting place: Row U, Grave 13

Grave marker of:

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
95th. Inf. Div. - Bärenfang

14. May. 1940

An excerpt from the 2nd. Kp. Infanterie Regiment 280 War Diary which described the circumstances under which their attack groups had risen to the height of 340 and suffered heavy losses in one day reads as follows:

14. May 1940, Tuesday at dawn 4.10 am the undertaking had started according to plan.
On May 14, 1940, at 4:19 am, still, under the cover of darkness, the 2./J.R. 278 went into position to attack the height 340 north of Heiningen on French soil.

right side of height 340
On the right side of the 2./J.R. 278 and to secure their position there requested one 1 s. M.G.'s protection unit was position to secure off against enemy attacks from Guerstling Forest and Ervenwald
On the right side of the height, 340 was 2./J.R. 280 position, and in order to reinforce their position, there requested one protection unit with flamethrower equipment that was working in conjunction with the Pionier-Bataillon 195 to assist the attack from the north against the fortified Log cabins 1, 2, and 3 builds into height 340.

left side of height 340
On the left side of the 2./J.R. 278 and to secure their position there requested one 1 s.M.G. protection unit which was position to secure off against enemy attack from Heiningen against the rearward front.
On the left side of the height, 340 was 3./J.R. 280, and in order to reinforce their position, there requested one protection unit with flamethrower equipment that was required to work in conjunction with the Pionier-Bataillon 195 to assist the attack from the east against the fortified Log cabins 4 and 5 build into height 340.

4:40 am the German Artelerie set direct under fire to height 340.
5:10 am the German Artelerie set direct under fire to fortified log cabins build on the height 340.
5:50 am the attempt of the left 2./J.R. 278 spy unit to break into the enemy fortified Log cabins failed. In the hostile M.G. Fire was Btl. Kdr. Major Karl Schneider 10 meters before enemy resistance nest mortally wounded.
6:40 am the fortified log cabins number 1, 2, and 3 build on the height 340 was taken.
At 7:40 am the height 340 was successfully taken and declared free of the enemy.
At 22:30 p.m., the apron commander takes command of the height 340.

✞ location of height 340 near Heiningen, France,

The majority of the members of the 95th Infantry Division which fell during the attack on the Maginot Line on May 14, 1940, on height 340, approximate 500 meter north of Heiningen, is a small Lorraine village across the border on French soil just 1.5km southwest of Ihn in the municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg, Saarland, Germany.

German Soldiers from the 95. INF. DIV.
14.May.1940, mortally wounded: 23
14.May.1940, seriously wounded: 44

Major Karl Schneider and the majority of the mortally wounded are buried in Reimsbach Military Cemetery.

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
✞ 14.May.1940 - Major Karl Schneider

14.May.1940, Tuesday 5:50 am. Major Karl Schneider from the 278 Infanterie-Regiment, Btl.Kdr. 2.Kp. was instructed to lead a shock troop unit into the enemy line during the morning dawn with the mission of capture enemy positions height 340 approximately 500 meters north of Heiningen on French soil.
Under hostile M.G. Fire Major Karl Schneider and his unit were just 10 meters before enemy resistance nest when he was mortally wounded.
He was also buried here at the military Cemetery in Reimsbach left side of Row-U, Grave-5

✞ Final resting place: Row U, Grave 5

Grave marker of:

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
95th. Inf. Div. - War Diary of the Wehrmacht

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16. May.1940 - 4. June 1940

After successfully capturing the heights 262 on the 13. of May and the height 340 on the 14. May the 95th Infantry Division was was released from his duty on the 5. June 1940.
The 280 infantry regiment had to take over the security and reconnaissance of the 278 infantry regiment entire division section on June 5th 1940 of the detached regiment 278 until 6:00 a.m.

An excerpt from the war diary of the 95th Infantry Division, which highlights the continuation campaign battle on the West Front = Siegfried Line which reads as follows:

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
Commemorative Plaque

In memory of our comrades in arms of the 95th Inf. Div. which are buried in the far east.

A memorial plaque was placed on a sandstone wall below the high cross standing on the end of the graveyard of the Reimsbach military cemetery with the epitaph towards their comrades in arms in far east of the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht.

Commemorative plaque to the comrades in arms 95th. Inf. Div.

As the epitaph on the Memorial Plaque reads:

HOME EARTH RECOVERES YOU THE DEAD ✙
YOUR BROTHERS REST IN THE WIDTH OF THE EAST ✙
GOD'S EARTH IS EVERYWHERE

HEIMATERDE BIRGT EUCH IHR TOTEN ✙
IN DER WEITE DES OSTEN RUHEN EURE BRÜDER ✙
GOTTES ERDE IST ÜBERALL

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
Burial Ground 1940

the first cemetery
inaugurated by the 95th Infantry Division during the 2nd WW.

On historical ground, not far away from an old Roman road on which Roman legionaries once marched into Germanic territory, here the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht established their 1st military cemetery built up high in the pine forest.

Graveyard - 1940

The majority of the members of the 95th Infantry Division which fell during the attack on the Maginot Line on May 13, 1940, on height 262 near Rémeldorf and on 14. May 1940 on height 340 near Heiningen are two small Lorraine villages across the border on French soil.

German Soldiers 95. INF. DIV.
13.May.1940, mortally wounded: 28
13.May.1940, seriously wounded: 25
14.May.1940, mortally wounded: 23
14.May.1940, seriously wounded: 44

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✅ Reimsbach
Military Cemetery
Memorial Day

Generations of peoples of all nations have served their country and the world during times of war, military conflict, and peace.
For those who lived through these wars, remembering means thinking of comrades. It evokes memories of men and women who never returned home. Those born after the wars might picture the youthful soldiers who eagerly joined up from high schools, businesses, and farms across the country, only to meet death while fighting against the enemy.

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