According to available information, a total of 18 dead from the First World War are buried in an impressive war cemetery in the middle left section of the cemetery of the Protestant Lutheran parish of St. Martin. Specifically: 11 naval airship pilots from the airship L 10, which crashed off Neuwerk on September 3, 1915 due to a lightning strike. There are also 3 naval airship pilots from the airship L 62, which was also lost to a lightning strike northwest of Heligoland on June 26, 1918. There are also 4 marines from the 5th Minesweeping Half-Flotilla who died at sea on August 16, 1917. The Ritzbüttler cemetery also contains a memorial to the Austrian armed forces who died in a naval battle with Danish ships on May 9, 1864 near Heligoland. 51 of them were buried here. Another memorial stone commemorates the victims of the explosion accident in the “Cuxhaven-Groden mine depot”, who were buried here.
Source: MB, German War Graves Commission
The burial ground for those who fell in World War I and victims of the explosion at the Groden mine depot.
The memorial stone for the crew of the airship L 10, who were buried here.
The memorial stone for the crew of the airship L 62, who were buried here.
The tomb (Tegetthoff Memorial) for the 51 Austrian sailors buried here from the Battle of Heligoland in 1864.