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Friedhof Rutsweiler am Glan

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Location	:	Rutsweiler am Glan, Landkreis Kusel, Germany
Coordinate	:	49.5316860, 7.4578340
Description	:	This cemetery has been in existence for centuries and is used solely for the temporary occupancy of the village's deceased citizens, as each community has it's own designated burial grounds. Following World War II, a memorial was erected just inside and to the right of the gated entry, as well as a plaque affixed upon a single building that stands in the back center area of the cemetery, intended to commemorate the villages losses in both World Wars. Rutsweiler am Glan had four fallen during World War I and, in the Second World War, twenty-two had fallen in battle, killed in... Read More	This cemetery has been in existence for centuries and is used solely for the temporary occupancy of the village's deceased citizens, as each community has it's own designated burial grounds. Following World War II, a memorial was erected just inside and to the right of the gated entry, as well as a plaque affixed upon a single building that stands in the back center area of the cemetery, intended to commemorate the villages losses in both World Wars. Rutsweiler am Glan had four fallen during World War I and, in the Second World War, twenty-two had fallen in battle, killed in the village’s one air raid, or were missing in action thereafter. Technically, this cemetery sits nestled in, pretty much, the middle of nowhere, along Hauptstraße (Main Street). I came upon it while on a little stroll from the village of Theisbergstegen, walked through Rutsweiler am Glan and made this wonderfully authentic find just on the left side of the road, about 2km before I reached Altenglan. Though I say, "in the middle of nowhere", no disrespect is intended. I say this only because no structure exists within eyesight of the location. It is surrounded by plush, green, rolling farmland, with the Glan (a tributary of the Nahe River) flowing directly behind it. The surrounding area is breathtakingly beautiful. Hauptstraße is a very well traveled road, which makes visitation convenient, since it is passed regularly by nearly anyone traveling between the connecting villages. In Germany, there are two areas called Rutsweiler... - Rutsweiler am Glan (49°31′39.677″N 7°27′18.256″E) has a Municipal association with Altenglan and occupies a total land mass of 200/km2 (510 sq mi), with a sweeping population count of 359 on the last day of 2012. - Rutsweiler an der Lauter (49°34′01″N, 7°37′15″E) has a Municipal association with Lauterecken-Wolfstein and occupies a total land mass of 4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi), with a very dense population count of 312 on the last day of 2012. As you can see, though they are close to one another, they are two completely different land areas in the Kusel (Kuseler Landkreis/Kreis Kusel) district of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. As of the date I photographed it, 26 Jul 2015, there were a total of 144 people interred at this cemetery. I took photos of every occupied plot within it's walls, but all evidence of those at rest here today will be eradicated, at the latest, between the years 2030 and 2045. Under German law, all burials of notable individuals or sites of historic significance (i.e. war graves) will be forever maintained by the state in which they were laid to rest. Outside of that, families may lease grave sites for a specified period of time, usually 15-30 years from the burial date of the last inhabitant of that plot. Cremains also must be interred within consecrated ground, as it is also illegal for non-officials to handle, or even possess, human pyre. When the deceased has no more living mourners available to renew said lease, the grave’s contents are removed. If anything more solid than ash is unearthed, it is tightly sealed in a container and buried deeply within another unmarked section of the necropolis. The grave site then reverts to state ownership and may be recycled. To encourage decomposition of the corpse within the allotted period of repose, the departed are laid in plain wooden caskets and then stacked to a depth of 7 feet for the first layer, and 3-4 feet for the second. The grave is then either adorned with planted flowers and/or shrubbery or covered with a granite/marble plate. In this last option, maintenance, which is the responsibility of the family, is limited to tending to potted foliage left at the site by visitors. Upon entry, immediately to the left, is a bricked-in area that has a functioning water spigot, with several watering cans available to aid those who need to tend to the sites within. To the right is the monument (mentioned above) and just beyond that, also to the right, but just past the monument, are benches in a serene garden-like area. A brick building with wooden barn-yard style doors sits just past the benches, facing the visitor at the gate which has a plaque affixed to it (also mentioned above). Along the back wall, as well as the front row of it's right side, there are very small granite enclosures which house the cremains of those named therein. Plots are both to the left and the right of the entry gate and run straight back from the front to the back walls. I also couldn't help but notice recently vacated plots, which were noticeably covered in freshly laid pebbles, part of the process of recycling the available sites. Of one thing I am certain, what I photograph today may not be here tomorrow. With that in mind, it is important to document all whom presently lie here. The number of people that have been and who will eventually be laid to rest in this cemetery is infinite. I do hope that I can return, or someone else takes up the task, so the documentation of all who wind up here at a later date will be kept complete from this date forward. I will also do my best to add the names of others, as documentation suggests, have been buried here in the past... but, unfortunately, photographic evidence of such sites will never be possible to obtain. - Luana Dawn Alger (Find-A-Grave Contributor #46628170) - Last Updated: 08 Feb 2016

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Friedhof Rutsweiler am Glan is located at Hauptstraße 97 Rutsweiler am Glan, Landkreis Kusel ,Rheinland-Pfalz , 66887Germany.
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Latitude: 49.5316860
Longitude: 7.4578340

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Friedhof Rutsweiler am Glan

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