Cmentarz wojenny nr 111 Racławice

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War Cemetery No. 111 - Racławice - historic cemetery from World War I located in the village of Racławice in the Biecz commune in the Gorlice poviat in the Lesser Poland voivodship, designed by Hans Mayr. One of over 400 Western-Galician war cemeteries built by the Cemetery Graves Division of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Krakow. It belongs to District III Gorlice. [source: Wikipedia, 858412]

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The cemetery is located on a hill within cultivated fields, about 1,300 m north of the provincial road No. 980 Biecz - Jurków, marked with an original signpost, on the record plot No. 1350. The object was created on the land belonging to the Olbrychów family. The cemetery has a rectangular shape with a fenced area of approximately 406 m. The main architectural accent of the building was a high wooden central cross at the western fence with a semicircular sheet metal cover. Originally, the cemetery was surrounded by a wooden fence supported by concrete pillars, and a large cross nailed to the gate from the eastern side. Arrangement of graves in parallel rows, with tombstones in the form of one-arm crosses made of sheet metal joined with balls and two-armed iron rods on low concrete plinths. File: Racławice, military cemetery No. 111 (1) .jpg [source: Wikipedia, 858412]