This cemetery in the Municipality of Rhineland, in the middle of an agricultural field accessible by a grassed trail, is located 3½ miles east of Altona. A stone monument in it commemorates those buried here in unmarked graves.
Entrance to Eigengrund Cemetery (June 2019)
Source: Joe and Lois Braun
Eigengrund Cemetery (June 2019)
Source: Joe and Lois Braun
Aerial view of Eigengrund Cemetery (June 2010)
Source: Joe and Lois Braun
Eigengrund Cemetery (December 2020)
Source: George Penner
Commemorative monument in Eigengrund Cemetery (June 2019)
Source: Joe and Lois BraunSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.11032, W97.47613
denoted by symbol on the map above
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun, Joe Braun, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 January 2023
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