War Cemetery No. 117 - StaszkĂłwka - an Austrian cemetery from World War I in the village of StaszkĂłwka in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in the Gorlice poviat, in the municipality of Moszczenica. It is one of 400 Western-Galician war cemeteries built by the Cemetery Graves Division of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Krakow. In the 4th district of ĹuĹźna, there are 27 cemeteries
| type of the cemetery | war |
| state of the cemetery | closed |
| [source: Wikipedia, 2021383] |
Description of the cemetery
It has the shape of a rectangle with a total area of 650 m. It is surrounded by a stone and wooden fence. From the back it is a uniform stone wall about a meter high. From the front there is a stone chapel with two sides of the entrance to the cemetery. Linden trees were planted along the fence at the cemetery square. A total of 286 Russian soldiers killed in the First World War in 25 mass graves (tombstones in the form of triple cast-iron Lorry crosses set on a concrete pedestal) and 67 individual ones (tombstones in the form of single cast-iron Lorry crosses placed on a concrete plinth) killed on day 2 are buried in the cemetery. May 1915. The fallen soldiers served, among others in the 10th and 124th Voronezh Infantry Regiment. [source: Wikipedia, 2021383]
The fate of the cemetery
The object is after a thorough renovation, which was quite extensive. During the renovation, the brush and other weedy vegetation were removed and the cemetery field was leveled. Renovation of the fence required, among others, the performance of new wooden elements, the walling of two new posts and a pedestal. The chapel was renovated, and the wooden shingles were replaced with bituminous shingles. In the cemetery area, pedestals with crosses were placed again, and an information board next to the road. [source: Wikipedia, 2021383]
