LABBECK: 47665 North Rhine-Westphalia (now Sonsbeck) (Gerz, Peters) Vor dem Neutor.
- Sonsbeck (Old Cemetery): MUNICIPALITY: Sonsbeck, District of Wesel LOCATION: between the historic city walls and moat, largely built-over by houses on the Filderstrasse
COORDINATES: Latitude: 51.611417 / Longitude: 6.374311 IN USE: from the 18th century until 1834 Gravestones: none DOCMENTATION: none PUBLICATIONS: - History by Pracht - Jörns 2000, page 611. NOTES: According to Pracht, the gravestones of this cemetery had already disappeared in the twenties of the 20th century. Source: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/FRIEDHOF/NRW/PROJEKTE/f-nr-sz.htm#SonsbeckAlterFriedhof [translated from German October 2007]
- Sonsbeck (New Cemetery): MUNICIPALITY: Sonsbeck, District of Wesel ADDRESSE: Xantener Strasse, via private footpath
COORDINATES: Latitude: 51.614517 / Longitude: 6.377931 IN USE: From 1844 until 1937 GRAVESTONES: 33 DOUMENTATION: 1985 - 1987 by Michael Brocke (photos of all gravestones) 1991 - 1993 by Dieter Peters (register of graves) 1997 - 2000 by Dieter Peters (79 photos: gravestones and cemetery views PUBLICATIONS: History by Brocke 1988, page 92. Graves Register by Peters 1993, pages 255 - 256. History by Pracht - Jörns 2000, pages 611 and 634. Source: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/FRIEDHOF/NRW/PROJEKTE/f-nr-sz.htm#SonsbeckAlterFriedhof
[translated from German October 2007]
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