Gorizia Region - Velika korita Soče

Gorizia Region

World War I Military CemeteriesWorld War I Military Cemeteries

Source: Public information of Slovenia,
The Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia,
State map in measure 1 : 1.000.000, 1995
www.gu.gov.si
Log pod Mangartom - 1st World War Military Cemetery

The military cemetery of the fallen soldiers in the World War I is marked with the table and is situated near main road to Log pod Mangrtom. Near the cemetery is a small chapel. At the World War I Military Cemetery is in four terraces buried 859 Austo – Hungarian soldiers, fallen in the fights in Rombon and Cukel. In the middle of the of the cemetery is erected the monument of the fallen soldiers with the image of the Bosnian and Austrian soldiers. The monument was made by Ladislav Kofranek from Prague. The tombstones are separated with iron crosses and Islamic tombstone symbols.

German Charnel House

The German Charnel House near Tolmin is situated on the left bank of the Soca River. It is in the immediate neighbourhood of the city Tolmin, about one kilometer past the school and across the parking lot of the former casino. The ossuary means building or place for preserving bones from the dig up graves. The German Charnel House was built by the company from Munich in the year 1938. There was buried 965 German soldiers. At the entrance to the foyer are forged doors, which are designed from gun barrels. The interior of the chapel is divided into two parts. In the first section the names of the fallen are inscribed on oak panels. In the second section, separated by a wrought iron screen, the names of the fallen are inscribed using mosaics in three lunettes. At the centre of this space is the grave of the Unknown Soldier where the sun strikes during the summer solstice.


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