Cmentarz wojenny nr 353 Tęgoborze

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War Cemetery No. 353 - Tęgoborze - a war cemetery from the First World War in Tęgoborze, in the Łososina Dolna commune, in the Małopolska province. It belongs to the X (Limanowa) Circle of the Cemetery Graves C and K. Commandant's Office in Krakow. It is one of 400 cemeteries of this branch, of which there are 36 in the Limanowa region . [source: Wikipedia, 3127243]

History

The front passed this way twice. In November 1914, the Russian army, General Alexei Brusilov, occupied all of this area, advancing south towards the Carpathians. On December 7, commanded by General Svetozar Boroević, the 3rd Austro-Hungarian Army went on the offensive and on December 11th, her units displacing the Russian army reached the foreground of Nowy Sącz. [source: Wikipedia, 3127243]

Description of the cemetery

The war cemetery in Tęgoborze is located in the parish cemetery and constitutes a separate quarters in its north-western corner, on the Rożnowskie Lake. It is located at an altitude of about 272 m, at a distance of about 50 m from the shores of the lake . It is a small cemetery on a square plan, surrounded by a wall made of simple concrete pillars connected with iron pipes. Entrance through a small iron gate. In the middle of the cemetery there is a large concrete cross of the Austrian type (one-armed), on the front side of which a cast-iron, openwork cross, also of the Austrian type, is mounted. Next to him on the turf 5 small concrete steles. Two of them have small cast-iron Austrian crosses and tin signs with the names of Austrian soldiers, three similar tablets and Russian crosses (two-armed). The cemetery is renovated and nurtured. All plates are on the south-western side of the crosses. Outside the cemetery, there is an information sign next to its fence. The description given on it shows that originally the cemetery was turned in a different direction, towards the old road. After ceasing its use, the stelae and the cross were turned towards the new cemetery avenue. The renovation of the cemetery was carried out in 2012 by the Commune Office in Łososina Dolna with the help of funds from the Małopolska Provincial Office in Krakow. Two Austrian soldiers known by their surnames (they are placed on the tablets), three out of four unidentified Russian soldiers (inscriptions on their tablets: 2 Russiche Krieger, 1 Russiche Krieger) were buried in the cemetery. . [source: Wikipedia, 3127243]