Balin

German military cemetery 1914/18 The cemetery is surrounded by an earth wall. The entrance is formed by a metal gate built into a limestone wall. German soldiers rest in 4 rows on the cemetery and unknown soldiers of the Russian army in 4 individual trenches. There were concrete crosses on all the graves, which have now only been partially preserved (unfortunately all the grave crosses were so badly destroyed that only a few remain). In the center of the cemetery is a granite memorial (162 x 102 x 50 cm, foundation 40 x 130 x 100 cm) with the inscription: EHRENFRIEDHOF BALIN 1914-1918 HIER RUHEN DEUTSCHE KRIEGER BAYR. INF .RGT. 4-8 R. INF .RGT. 101 GRAD.RGT. ZT. 1-4 INF. RGT. 18 HUS. RGT. 2 73 RUSS. SOLDIERS THEY ALL DIED FAITHFULLY FULFILLING THEIR DUTY FOR THEIR FATHERLAND. HONOR TO THEIR MEMORY. The list of graves compiled in 1918 (Latvian State Archives of History) states that 38 German and 79 Russian soldiers are buried here. According to the inscription on the monument, 73 Russian soldiers are buried in the cemetery. All those buried here fell between September and October 1917.