War Cemetery No. 386 - Podgórze
Kraków Cemeteries
Plot XI of the new Podgórze Cemetery (Podgórze district), on the left of the main avenue, part of an Austrian First World War cemetery. In 1918 the graves were consolidated and the area reduced from 1,000 to 380 square metres. In 1917 there were 340 graves here, and the names of 106 soldiers are known. Almost nothing of Hans Mayr's design survived, and the present monument is modern.
History
War Cemetery No. 386 is today a small plot, section XI, in the New Podgórze Cemetery, in its southern part, to the left of the main avenue. Soldiers from the First World War are buried here. The cemetery was designed by Hans Mayr, but almost nothing of his plan remains. In 1918 the cemetery was rebuilt: the graves were grouped together and the area was reduced from 1000 to 380 m². The grave fields were levelled and divided into two terraces, and the monument standing today is modern. The number of soldiers buried here is unknown. According to records from 1917, the cemetery had 340 graves, and it is possible that the same number of soldiers rest in them; 106 are known by name.
Did you know?
The former monument in the middle of the cemetery was an obelisk, and at its foot lay a crown of thorns with four soldiers' caps - one of them a German Pickelhaube spiked helmet.