War Cemetery No. 154 - Chojnik-ZadzieĹa - a historic cemetery from World War I located in Chojnik in the TarnĂłw poviat, in the Gromnik commune. One of over 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
| type of the cemetery | war |
| state of the cemetery | closed |
| [source: Wikipedia, 2776953] |
Description of the cemetery
It is located on a forestless hill, on one of the narrow asphalt roads leading from the provincial road No. 977 in north Chojnik [ Oktawian Duda Cemeteries of the First World War in Western Galicia 1914-1918, Center for the Protection of Historic Landscape, Warsaw 1995, ] . [source: Wikipedia, 2776953]
the fallen
In the collective graves and 46 individual tombs, 43 soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army and 44 soldiers of the Russian army were buried here. Only 11 of them have been identified. The Austro-Hungarian soldiers fought in the Third Imperial Rifle Regiment and the 31st Infantry Regiment, Russian soldiers in 174. Romany and 279th Infantry Regiments in Ĺochice.
The fate of the cemetery
After World War II, the cemeteries of the First World War were not cared for, they were naturally destroyed and overgrown with vegetation. There were also acts of vandalism [ . It was only from the 90s that they were renewed. Only the overturned tombstones with crosses are preserved at the cemetery no. 154 from the original cemetery. The cemetery underwent general renovation. The currently cut and renovated elm hedge is now the only fence of this cemetery. The wooden cross and the gate were made anew, like the original ones. The steles and crosses were repositioned and painted, new enamel plates were made and the area was planted ][ . Entrance to the cemetery leads through a gap in the hedge shaped in the form of a gate (the gate does not open). [source: Wikipedia, 2776953]]
