War Cemetery No. 262 - Przybysławice - a cemetery from World War I in the village of Przybysławice in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in the Tarnów County, in the Radłów commune. 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 VIII Brest region, there are 52 cemeteries
| type of the cemetery | war |
| state of the cemetery | closed |
| [source: Wikipedia, 3595791] |
Description of the cemetery
The cemetery is located between the houses, on the right side of the road from Przybysławice to Miechowice Małe. It has the shape of a rectangle. The fence of its three sides is made of metal segments, from the fourth side (opposite to the road) it is a concrete wall. Entrance from the road through a metal gate. It leads from it a path to the central monument. It is a large concrete latin cross embedded on a two-stage quadrangular pedestal. On both sides of the alley, and behind the monument, there are rows of tombstones. These are rows of iron crosses with extended ends placed on a concrete slab
the fallen
40 soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army who died or died of wounds in 1914-1915 were buried here [ R. Broch, H. Hauptmann, West Gaelic graves of heroes from the years of the World War 1914-1915, trans. J. Sznytka, TarnĂłw 1993, p. 330 ] . Through these areas, the war front was swept twice. Russian troops in November 1914 took them out of the Austrians. In May 1915, the allied Austro-Hungarian and German armies made a great offensive called the Battle of Gorlice, during which they broke the Russian front and forced the Russians to retreat far to the east. [source: Wikipedia, 3595791]
The fate of the cemetery
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. The cemetery was naturally destroyed by weather and vegetation factors, and there were also acts of vandalism. It was only from the 1990s that more care was started for World War I cemeteries [ . Cemetery No. 262 has been renovated and is well-kept. However, he did not regain the original appearance. Originally, the fence consisted of concrete pillars connected by rows of three steel pipes. The cross on the central monument was wooden and crowned with semicircular glory. In the base it had the date 1915. The grave crosses were not placed on a common concrete slab, but each of them had a concrete pedestal ][ . [source: Wikipedia, 3595791]]
