I am traveling to Trier in mid March. My father was born in Trier in 1955, and a few years later he and my grandmother moved to America. I know that my great grandmother is buried in Trier, but that is about all I know. Her last name was Kraft (I am not sure if that is the correct spelling). I was hoping to possibly find her grave site, but I have no clue where to begin, does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
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%26gt; I was hoping to possibly find her grave site
Graves are cleared in Germany after 15-25 years.
Exceptions
- if this is a family grave, i.e. someone renews the lease anew from time to time to keep the grave for the family
- memorial graves
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Do they usually remove the headstones as well? I know she probably died in the late 30%26#39;s or early 40%26#39;s. Thanks for the quick response, I really appreciate the information.
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Contact the City of Trier at:
gruenflaechenamt@trier.de
Abteilung Friedhoefe.
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%26gt; Do they usually remove the headstones as well?
The graves are in first place cleared above the surface. Depending on demand the plot is than let again and reused. The lease period is chosen in a way that normally nothing is left after this period from a corpse.
It does however in no way harm to contact the above given mail address.
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