Cmentarz wojenny nr 315 Krzeczów

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War Cemetery No. 315 - KrzeczĂłw - a historic cemetery, designed by Franz Stark, located in the village of KrzeczĂłw, Rzezawa commune, Bochnia poviat. One of over 400 Western-Galician war cemeteries built by the Cemetery Graves Division of the C. and K. Military Commanders in Krakow. The facility is located about 200m from the intersection of the Bochnia-Rzezawa and Bogucice roads. In the cemetery, in 9 collective graves and 13 individual ones, 74 soldiers killed in the First World War are buried, on December 12, 1914: * 32 Austrians, among others z, ** 57 infantry regiment, 3rd regiment of hussars and 6th regiment of hussars * 42 Russians. The facility is in very good condition. It has the shape of a rectangle with a total area of 315 m. The fence is made of concrete poles joined by two crossbars of metal pipes. The original forged entrance gate has been preserved. The main object on the cemetery is a stone monument, on top of which there is a stone cross. On the monument there is also a cast-iron cross characteristic for a large part of the cemeteries from the IX district of Bochnia. One and two-armed crosses have been preserved on the graves. [source: Wikipedia, 1946124]