The German war cemetery, established by the Wehrmacht as early as 1940, is part of the municipal cemetery located above the Rombakken Fjord along the ore railway line coming from Sweden.
Since a later expansion was not possible, the German soldiers buried by the Wehrmacht north of Narvik up to the Russian border were reinterred at the Botn-Rognan Military Cemetery, located south of Fauske.
From a semicircular bastion erected at the lower edge of the cemetery—topped by a monolithic cross made of natural stone—one has a sweeping view of the city and the fjord.
The cemetery was dedicated on August 25, 1960. Today, 1,474 German soldiers who fell in World War II are laid to rest here.
The Schleswig-Holstein Regional Association of the Volksbund is the sponsor of this cemetery.
