The Tirsbol Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site (also known as Tiraspol Cemetery), near

Strasburg, North Dakota Strasburg is a historically German-speaking city in Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 379 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Strasburg was founded in 1902. History Strasburg was laid out in 1902 when a sp ...

, United States, is a historic site that was listed on the

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in 1989. It includes

wrought-iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%), or 0.25 for low carbon "mild" steel. Wrought iron is manufactured by heating and melting high carbon cast iron in an ...

crosses. It includes work by blacksmith Paul Keller. The listing included three

contributing objects In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...

. Paul Keller, of

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, was one of a number of "German-Russian blacksmiths in central North Dakota" who developed individual styles in their crosses and whose "work was known for miles around them."

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* * {{NRHP in Emmons County, North Dakota Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Cemeteries in Emmons County, North Dakota German-Russian culture in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Emmons County, North Dakota