St. George Cemetery - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.331 W 091° 26.781
15S E 635092 N 4285244
Cemetery from St. George Catholic Church on W. 4th St., but several blocks west of the church...
Waymark Code: WM1309K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2020
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County of cemetery: Gasconade County
Location of cemetery W. 4th St. & St. George Cemetery Rd., Hermann
Number of graves: 1,300
" Before entering St. George Cemetery, take a moment to view the Missouri River bottoms.
Imagine a time when the river flowed from bluff to bluff. Hermann residents had the opportunity to
witness this during the floods of 1993 and 1995. As you walk through the cemetery, notice the old
iron crosses, somewhat unique for a German community that prided itself on stone and brick. The
first Roman Catholic cemeteries in the area used wooden and wrought iron crosses. Local
blacksmiths made the iron crosses, a generations-old tradition brought here by the Germans. In
the Protestant cemeteries, the earliest gravestones were made of cotton rock and sandstone cut by
local artisans. A number of these, dating from the 1850s, can be seen in the Hermann City Cemetery on East Hill." ~ Hermann Hill Three Mile Walk