Cmentarz wojenny nr 179 Woźniczna-Kłokowa

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War Cemetery No. 179 - Woźniczna-Kłokowa - historic cemetery from World War I in Woźniczna in the Pleśna commune, in the Małopolska province. A total of 20 fallen Russian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers are buried there. 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 Tarnów district, there are 62 cemeteries . [source: Wikipedia, 2407578]

Position

The cemetery is located in Woźniczna; along the road, along the railway line No. 96, between Łowczówek and Plełna and Kłokowa stations . It is situated at the foot of the slope at the edge of the forest. It is invisible from the road, because it is covered with thickets, but it is visible from the railway line . There is no information about the cemetery along the way . [source: Wikipedia, 2407578]

Description of the cemetery

A small cemetery designed by Heinrich Scholz was built on a rectangular plan with a small protrusion in the form of a projection from the side of the slope. It is surrounded by a full stone wall covered with a concrete window sill. The entrance to the cemetery leads through a forged two-winged gate flanked by two pillars. The monument is a wall separated from the plane of the rear fence by means of two pillars, built of stone blocks. In the middle of the recess between these pillars rises a high wooden Latin cross. On both sides, plates with dates 1914 and 1915 were placed in Roman numerals. The tombs of the fallen soldiers were placed in three rows. Tombstones are concrete steles. The gravestones of Russian soldiers are topped by a cast iron two-arm cross, on the steles there are white tin plates with the inscription 1 RUSS KRIEGER. "Three graves of Austro-Hungarian soldiers are in the center of the middle row, distinguishable from the Russian with a single-handed cross with a name inscription. 2017 is in very good condition . [source: Wikipedia, 2407578]

the fallen

In 20 individual graves 17 Russian soldiers and 3 soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army were buried. The names of Russian soldiers are unknown. One of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers fought in the 4th Regiment of the Imperial Tyrolean Marksmen, the other two in the 14th Infantry Regiment from Linz. They are known by their names, all died in May 1915, so during the battle of Gorlice . [source: Wikipedia, 2407578]