War Cemetery No. 388 - Kraków-Rakowice
Kraków Cemeteries
An Austrian First World War cemetery (Stare Miasto district). It consists of three plots: two in Rakowicki Cemetery and one in the military cemetery on Prandoty Street. The main plot, along the wall, holds about 6,700 German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers, among them Polish Legion soldiers commemorated by a monument in the shape of a legionary four-horse team. In 1990 the ashes of General Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski were laid here. In the second plot stands a burial-mound monument from 1999 for civilians and soldiers of the Ukrainian People's Republic who died in the internment camp in Kraków-Dąbie.
History
War Cemetery No. 388 is made up of three First World War sections: two in Rakowicki Cemetery and one in the military cemetery on Prandoty Street. The sections in Rakowicki were designed by Hans Mayr, and the one in the military cemetery by the engineer Hupert. The main section runs along the south-western wall and ends in a memorial wall bearing a plaque commemorating those who fell during the world war of 1914-1918. About 6,700 German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers lie here, including Polish Legionnaires, commemorated by a monument in the shape of the Legions' four-file formation. In 1990 the ashes of General Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski were laid in a modest grave beside it. The second section is V-shaped, and in 1999 a burial-mound memorial was put up in it to civilians and soldiers of the Ukrainian People's Republic who died in the internment camp in Kraków-Dąbie.
Did you know?
In the military cemetery on Prandoty Street the grave crosses were rearranged in the 1930s, so it is not known which army the soldiers buried beneath them belonged to.