War cemetery in Kopcany, Bratislava, Slovakia
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War cemetery and memorial of the fallen in the World War I from 1916 in Petrzalka - Kopcany (district of Bratislava, capital of Slovakia).
Waymark Code: WMCR4T
Location: Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 10/05/2011
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War cemetery and memorial of the fallen in the World War I from 1916 in Petrzalka - Kopcany (district of Bratislava, capital of Slovakia).
History and location:
War cemetery was found during the World War I in 1916 as an auxiliary part of a war infirmary where mainly seriously injured soldiers of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy were placed, but also other soldiers of the fighting parts.
In the archive collection of the Military History Institute there are designs of the cemetery from March 1922 deposited, thus there is an assumption that the final works were completed in that year or year before.
Cemetery is located directly by the border between Slovakia and Austria, so it remained in military zone (Iron Curtain) with strictly limited access for 40 years after WWII. Until recent seasons, cemetery turns slowly to desolated condition.
Graves were robbed and whole surroundings overgrown by trees and plants.
Just recently, in years 2007-2009 it was reconstructed and revitalized, as shown on current pictures.
Soldiers:
According to the soldiers record sheets it is possible to find out, that at the cemetery, there are 331 soldiers of nine identified nationalities buried in single graves.
Slovak an Czech nationality is not separated, the soldiers have got common Czechoslovak nationality. Nationality of six buried soldiers was not identified.
Nationality and number of buried soldiers:
Access:
Park at the end of Kopcianska street in Bratislava, Petrzalka and take a field paved road (walk, or by bike) along the border line to cemetery, hidden in nice grove. Walk will take you about 15 minutes. Don't forget to visit also military shelter, which now serves as an museum.
Hiking map is available
here.
Visit instructions:
Please, see general visit instructions below. Thank you for your visit!
Vojnovy cintorin a pamatnik padlych v 1.svetovej vojne z roku 1916, Petrzalka - Kopcany.
Historia a poloha:
Vojnovy cintorin vznikol v roku 1916, pocas 1. svetovej vojny ako doplnok vojenskeho lazaretu. Lezali tu zvacsa tazko raneni vojaci Rakusko-Uhorskej monarchie, ale aj ini vojaci bojujucich stran.
V archivnom fonde Vojenskeho historickeho ustavu su ulozene nacrty cintorina z marca 1922 a je teda predpoklad, ze konecne upravy boli dokoncene v tomto, alebo v minulom roku.
Tym, ze je cintorin priamo pri hranici s Rakuskom, po 2.svetovej vojne sa tak na 40 rokov ocitol v "zakazanej zone" s minimalnym pohybom osob. Po neznej revolucii nadalej chatral s vykradnutymi a zvandalizovanymi hrobmi, zarasteny naletovymi drevinami, krikmi a burinou.
Az v rokoch 2007-2009 sa dockal patricnej, a na slovenske pomery zasadnej obnovy. Dnes symbolizuje naozaj dostojne miesto posledneho odpocinku vojakov.
Obete:
Podla evidencnych listov vojakov mozno urcit, ze na cintorine je pochovanych v samostatnych hroboch 331 vojakov deviatich identifikovanych narodnosti. Slovenska a ceska nie je rozlisena, vojaci tak maju uvedenu spolocnu ceskoslovensku narodnost.
U siestich pochovanych vojakoch nebola identifikovana narodnost.
Narodnost a pocet pochovanych vojakov:
Pristup:
Autom na koniec Kopcianskej ulice v Bratislave, dalej pesi/na bicykli smerom k hranici a spevnenou cestou pozdlz nej az k cintorinu.
Je ukryty v malebnom hajiku.
Podmienky navstevy:
Nic specialne, len klasicka fotka, ako to je uvedene v opise kategorie. Dakujem za navstevu!
Sources of information: own visit & photos.