Author: Jauko

Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1, Lipa Na Krasu III South from Mt. Tabor, between Temnica and Lipa, in the area called Ranke, lies the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery Lipa III. During the war the cemetery was known un-der the name of Soldatenfriedhof N°24 in Temnica (War Cemetery n. 24 in Temnica). From the beginning of November 1916 until the beginning of November 1917, 259 soldiers were laid to rest in this cemetery, 216 of which were Austro-Hungarian soldiers, 40 Italian soldiers and three Russian POWs. After the war, the re-mains of the Italian soldiers were relocated to the Italian military cemetery Colle Sant` Elia, f located south of Sagrado (Gorizia) next to their fallen comrades, and the bodies of unknown Austro-Hungarian soldiers found nearby were buried at Lipa III. Today 223 Austro-Hungari-an…

Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1, Prosecco In November 1915 a field hospital began operations in Prosecco. The burials of those who died as a result of their injuries were initially carried out directly in the civil cemetery of Prosecco. In October 1916 steps were taken to construct two ad hoc cemeteries, one in the immediate vicinity of the civilian structure and the other the current Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosecco- in a dolina or karst sink-hole near the provincial road connecting Aurisina and Prosecco, The latter was reorganized on several occasions with the bodies of the fallen, originally buried in other cemeteries in Prosecco, Opicina, Banne, Basovizza, Doberdo and Piedimonte, being transferred in various phases. In recent years, the Österreichische Schwarze Kreuz (the Austrian association that takes care of the memory…

Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1, Aurisina   May 2024 [gallery type="square" link="file" size="full" ids="2846,2847,2848,2849,2850,2851,2852,2853,2854,2855,2856,2857,2858,2859,2860,2861,2862,2863,2864,2865,2866,2867,2868,2869,2870,2871"]

Brje pri komnu, Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1   August 2024: Brje pri komnu II & IV [gallery link="file" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="2813,2814,2815,2816,2817,2818,2819,2820,2821,2822,2823,2824,2825,2826,2827,2828,2829,2830,2831,2804,2805,2806,2807,2808,2809,2810,2811,2812"]   April 2018: Brje pri komnu I The cemetery is the burial ground of Austro-Hungarian soldiers who died in fighting on the Soča (Isonzo) Front from 1915 to 1917. According to the available data, 2,300 soldiers of various nationalities who died in the military field hospital in Brje are buried at this cemetery. The cemetery was renovated in 2004.   [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2930,2931,2923,2920,2921,2922,2924,2925,2926,2927,2928,2929"]  

Sveto pri komnu, Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1   May 2022 [gallery link="file" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="2725,2741,2722,2723,2724,2726,2727,2728,2729,2730,2731,2732,2733,2734,2735,2736,2737,2738"]

Bovec, Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1   The cemetery was extended and renovated after World War 1; mortal remains of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers of several cemeteries in the surroundings were transferred to it. Mortal remains of Italian soldiers were transferred from this cemetery to the charnel house at Kobarid in 1938. The graves are distributed throughout the cemetery, but only a quarter of them are marked with concrete tombstones. The data indicates that more than 600 soldiers rest here.   May 2018 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2651,2655,2652,2653,2654"]   August 2017 [gallery link="file" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="2656,2657"]    

  Matajur The Monte Matajur was Austro-Hungarian territory until the First World War and was strategically very important in the Battle of Caporetto in 1917. with this action, the alliance of Austria-Hungary and Germany succeeded in winning the Battle of Italy's Caporetto. In September 1915, Rommel was recruited for training with the mountain troops. In August 1916 he first saw action in Romania with the Württembergisches Gebirgs-Bataillon, part of the then Deutsches Alpenkorps. After a short stopover on the western front, the Alpenkorps was deployed to the Italian front in September 1917, where the unit had been loaned to the Austro-Hungarian ally as German support. In the Alpine region, the battalion would fully master the shock troop tactics. The Württembergers made their mark when two companies of their formation, led…

Vodice, Novak Platz & Maurizio Gonzaga The area with numerous caves and trenches is arranged as an outdoor museum. On the top of  Vodice a mausoleum was erected in honor of Italian general Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga. His wished to be buried in the place where his soldiers had died during the First World War. Because of the 2nd World War the mausoleum was not completed, so the general was not buried in it. Source: Fundacija Poti Miru IBT Program Research May 2021 [gallery type="rectangular" size="full" ids="2294,2292,2293,2291,2290,2295,2297,2296,2298,2299,2300,2301,2302"]