Author: Jauko

Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery, Oševljek During World War I the area east of Vrtojba, rear area of the front, is where a number of war hospitals were set up and next to them cemeteries. In 1917 the cemetery in Oševljek was built. According to the Austrian archives the cemetery was called Mohorini. Austrian records from the war period are very scarce and it is impossible to confirm all of the names of the deceased and the exact position of the graves. After the end of World War I the Italian Military Authorities were in charge of handling the military cemeteries; they documented 957 soldiers and the same number of graves, 291 were recorded as unknown Austro-Hungarian soldiers. The first burial was documented as being on the 18th of December of 1916…

Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery, Prvačina The Austro-Hungarian military cemetery at Prvačina was located close to the military hospital at Prvačina during World War I. It was attached to the public cemetery surrounding the chapel of the Holly Cross. The Austro-Hungarian Army subsequently surrounded the cemetery with a large enclosing wall which has not been preserved. In later years the cemetery was significantly reduced because of the public cemetery. Only a third of the original military cemetery has been preserved (southernmost part), while a public cemetery expanded on the remaining part. According to the data of Italian authorities that organized exhumation of their soldiers from military cemeteries in the 1930s, 513 (981?) Austro-Hungarian soldiers are buried here, some of which also in the public cemetery but their graves have not been preserved. Source:…

  Contovello/Kontovel The Coastland Trench Park is located in Contovello/Kontovel, and it is a very easy route which offers a splendid view of the Trieste Gulf. The route takes its other name, Park 40, from the nearby discovery of a large number of ornamental brooches from the 40th Infantry Regiment. The coastland trench was a complex which started in Duino and ended in Novigrad (today Croatia). It was built to defend the city of Trieste/Trst but was never used. Source: www.TheWalkOfPeace.com   April 2025 [gallery link="file" size="full" type="square" ids="3098,3093,3094,3095,3096,3097,3099,3101,3102,3103,3104,3105,3100"]

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"]