Soldiers' Cemetery Koelberg

The German soldiers' cemetery Koelberg, also known as Koelberg I, but also Koelenberg, was a small German soldiers' cemetery from the First World War in Belgium.

The honor cemetery was located on the N8 between Menen and Ypres, more precisely between Geluve and Geluveld. Following the road northwest for barely seven kilometers lay Sanctuary Wood with the strategic Hill 62 and the English positions. The fact that such a small soldiers' cemetery was established immediately behind the front shows that the planners did not anticipate such a long stay at this location. Throughout the war, no less than five significant battles took place at the Ypres Salient. In both directions of the road, there were approximately half a million casualties. The Koelberg cemetery, which was established in October 1914, was already filled with graves by mid-1915. Therefore, further southeast towards Wervik, Koelberg II and Nachtigall were created, each increasingly further from the frontline city of Ypres and larger in size. The counterpart on the other side of the front is likely to be the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.

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