Position
The cemetery is located in the western part of Chojnik, on the south-east ridge of the embankment, by the asphalt road. This road branches off the road Gromnik - TuchĂłw on the left, a short distance behind the church in Gromnik. The cemetery is located behind a small plot, on the right side of the road, above the ravine of the stream. It is visible from the road. The green tourist route from Gromnik through WaĹ do Lubinki runs along the road leading along the cemetery. Three cemeteries from the First World War are located directly along this route, at a small distance from it two further cemeteries. [source: Wikipedia, 2776869]
Description of the cemetery
It was designed by Heinrich Scholz. It has a rectangular shape with two bevelled corners. There are 12 collective graves and 39 individual ones. Currently, his fence is made of concrete foundation and concrete pillars, between which a fence of steel rails is opened. The entrance is one, from the side of the road, through a single-wing iron gate. The main decorative element is a concrete obelisk standing on a concrete foundation topped with a small cast-iron Latin cross. The monument has the form of a pole. Formerly at its top there was a chapel with a relief by Heinrich Scholz depicting Christ crucified and a knight on a horse [ . [source: Wikipedia, 2776869]]
the fallen
82 Austro-Hungarian soldiers and 40 Russian soldiers were buried here. 32 soldiers were identified [ . The preserved tombstones indicate that the soldiers buried here belonged to many nationalities. Among them were Austrians, Poles, Slovaks, Czechs, Ukrainians, Ruthenians, Romanians, Hungarians and Russians. Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army served in many units, including 65th Mukachevo infantry regiment, in the 48th infantry regiment (in Hungary in 1914 they constituted 82%), 30. Lviv infantry regiment, 9th KoĹĄice and 22nd Tirgusurean infantry regiments, 6th field battalion battalion (initially 69% its composition was made up of Czechs) and the 30th battalion of field shooters. The Russians came from from the 175th Batury Infantry Regiment ]
The fate of the cemetery
Austrians made the cemeteries very solid, however, over time, the cemetery was naturally destroyed by weather and vegetation factors. For a long time after the war cemeteries from World War I were not looked after. Only recently began to care for him. The chapel crowning the monument was naturally destroyed. The authorities of the Gromnik commune have secured it in their building, and the cemetery has been repaired [ . In 2015, the cemetery is already seriously damaged. A few cast iron crosses are broken off, some concrete elements are strongly inclined, crosses are rusting, some segments of the fence are missing, plaster is dropped from the posts. [source: Wikipedia, 2776869]]
