Cmentarz wojenny nr 164 Tuchów

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War Cemetery No. 164 in TuchĂłw - a historic cemetery from World War I located in TuchĂłw in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in the TarnĂłw poviat. 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 6 th TarnĂłw district, these cemeteries are 63 . [source: Wikipedia, 2439997]

Description of the cemetery

The cemetery is located on the Dział (343 m) hill, northeast of the center of Tuchów. It is located on a gravel road under trees, on the edge of Tuchowski Forest . Walking to it is indicated by the preserved original Austrian signpost in the form of a concrete billboard on a concrete pillar. The cemetery was designed by the German architect Heinrich Scholz on the trapezoid plan. Entrance through the gate between two stone posts. The cemetery had a wooden fence, but it was completely destroyed. The boundaries of the cemetery are marked by rows of planted trees. The main decorative element is a wooden cross crowned with a semicircular tin glory. Originally there was a sculpture of the crucified Christ on it, and at the cross weeping women. Single and collective gravestones arranged not too regularly and framed with concrete edges. There are identical wooden crosses on them with arms covered with a wooden visor and equipped with name plates . 199 soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army and 105 Russian army were buried there in 211 single and 27 collective graves. 42 soldiers have been identified . [source: Wikipedia, 2439997]

The fate of the cemetery

In the interwar period, the cemetery was still in good condition as new. After World War II, the importance of the cemetery in the awareness of the society and the then authorities decreased, because new, more recent cemeteries and dramatic stories of the new war came. Cemeteries were naturally destroyed by weather and vegetation factors, the latter particularly because wooden elements are inherently durable. Cemetery No. 164 completely overgrown with trees and shrubs . It has been renovated. The area was cleaned and cleared of the scrub and modeled on the preserved documentation, new oak crosses and tin plates were made. In 2015, however, there are still no fences and sculptures on the main cross and under the cross. The cemetery is under the care of the city authorities and Towarzystwo Miłośników Tuchowa . At the entrance gate there is an information board with the cemetery plan. [source: Wikipedia, 2439997]

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