German Military Cemetery- Illfurth

I'd never heard of this cemetery in my last post, so had to do some further research. From Find-A-Grave.

The German Military Cemetery- Illfurth is near the village of Illfurth in the Alsace region of France and is built on steep hillsides. There are the graves of 539 known and 510 unknown German soldiers buried there.

Albert Mayer of the 5th Juger zu Pferd is buried there. He was the very first German soldier killed in the war.  

An imposing statue of an eagle is at the cemetery.