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 Gamekeeper's Haluzicky cenotaph - Raca, Slovakia Posted by:  Rikitan
N 48° 14.035 E 017° 09.095
33U E 659767 N 5344537
Beautiful bronze relief plaque on small stony memorial in honour of gamekeeper Viktor Haluzicky.
Waymark Code: WMAT5P
Location: Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 02/21/2011
Views: 34
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Small stony memorial with bronze relief plaque can be found in the carpathian woods above Raca. It is dedicated to gamekeeper Viktor Haluzicky, who was shot here by poacher Stefan Skala on 5th April 1941.
Saint Hubertus (depicted in form of deer), the patron of hunters and young gamekeeper is carved on the plaque, including wording "Saint Hubertus, stand by me".
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Uprostred malokarpatskych lesov nad Racou sa da natrafit na tento maly pomnicek s bronzovym reliefom. Je na nom zobrazeny mlady lesnik v poklaku pred sv.Hubertom, patronom polovnikov, ktory byva zobrazovany ako statny jelen. Okolo nich je napis "Sv. Huberte, stoj pri nas".
Pamatnik bol vystavany mieste vrazdy polovnika Viktora Haluzickeho pytliakom Stefanom Skalom dna 5.aprila 1941. S vrazdou sa spaja aj legenda, opisana v knihe Frantiska Zavodskeho "Malokarpatsky pytliak".
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