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OLFEN:

City Olfen, Coesfeld

59399 North Rhine-Westphalia / Flur 8; (Gerz)

CEMETERY: Located City Park, near Bilholtstrasse. Used before 1843-1939. Visible gravestones: None. Between 1939 -1943, the cemetery was sold and Used for agriculture, since 1945, according to Althoff, a few more gravestones have been present. In 1970 the burial site, which today is a green space, renovated and erected a memorial stone. [Sep 2012]

- Approximately 1975-2000 by Heritage Office (Photos)
- History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987, p.43
- History in Althoff 2000, pp. 74-79, 240 -241, 261-264
- History in Handbook 2008, S. 566