Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1, Renče–Lukežiči

The Austro-Hungarian military cemetery Renče–Lukežiči adjoins the civil cemetery. Buried there are the Austro-Hungarian soldiers who died in the nearby military hospital, set up in Renče Castle. During World War I,
1,205 soldiers were buried in this cemetery: 1,179 Austro-Hungarian, 21 Italian, and one German soldier, two Russian and two Serbian POWs. After the war the Italian military authorities transferred the remains of soldiers
from the nearby cemeteries to this cemetery. All the fallen Italian soldiers were transferred to the Italian charnel house in Oslavia/Oslavje. According to the official records, 1,599 lie here now. 428 of whom are unknown (400 of them are buried in a common tomb). Most of the known soldiers belonged to the Magyar Kirdlyi Honvéd (Royal Hungarian Honvéd) 17th, 3rd, 4th and rst Infantry Regiments.
Most of the cemetery is now grassed over, with only a few gravestones preserved, including the central monument with a dedication to the fallen soldiers:
“You heroes who kept watch over the Isonzo, might you rest in peace until you wake up in a radiant light of the great day. History will forever spread the word | about your achievement.”

 

November 2025