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Hooglede German war cemetery

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Duits Militair Kerkhof
Duits Militair Kerkhof

The Hooglede German war cemetery (Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Hooglede in German) is a military cemetery in the Belgian town of Hooglede, six kilometer northwest of Roeselare. It is located at the east side of Hooglede. It contains 8,241 buried German soldiers from World War I.

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Hooglede German war cemetery
Beverenstraat, Hooglede

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Hooglede Duits Kerkhof

Beverenstraat
8830 Hooglede
West Flanders, Belgium
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