The internationally recognized Čabiny war cemetery in the northeast of
Slovakia is located in the cemetery of the Greek Catholic parish in the
Parish in the municipality of the same name.
History
The work of the War Graves Commission began in 1990 in the east of the then
Czechoslovakia. The first collective cemetery was inaugurated in Zborov in 1992.
humenné and Prešov followed in 1994. The Hunkovce war cemetery was completed in 1995
in Važec - the largest in Slovakia - was completed in 1998
Inauguration of the cemetery in Bratislava in the year 2000 marked the
marked the end of the project. The restoration and amalgamation of cemeteries from
from the First World War followed. Today, in the territory of today's
Slovak Republic, around 16,000 German soldiers are buried in six cemeteries of the
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. (German War Graves Commission)
The legal basis for the work of the German War Graves Commission
War Graves Commission was initially based on the German-Czechoslovakian Neighborhood Treaty of
On February 27, 1992. On March 2, 1999, the Federal Republic of Germany and the
Federal Republic of Germany and the Slovak Republic concluded a
War Graves Agreement, which came into force on August 12, 2000.
The military cemetery in Čabiny was established by the K.u.K Kriegsgräberarbeitsabt.
No.4 in the year 1917. 480 dead were buried here, 187 of them German,
157 Austro-Hungarian, 96 and 40 soldiers of unknown origin. At the
Cemetery of the Greek-Catholic parish, the plot with the soldiers' graves is
Soldiers' graves - apart from a few graves that have been laid over - has been preserved. In
2008, soldiers from the German army, with the support of Slovakian soldiers
began to restore the cemetery. The final work and the
The completion of the cemetery took place in 2012
of the military cemetery, two plots were designated for reburials. Here
world War I from smaller cemeteries that are to be dissolved, such as the
To be dissolved, such as from the village of Radvaň nad Laborcom
be transferred. From there, 42 dead were reburied here in 2009.
Description of the cemetery
As part of the restoration work carried out by members of the German
German Armed Forces, a drainage channel was installed by 2010, the
Grave field boundaries were marked and a small memorial square and an access path made of
Natural stone paving. Furthermore, a high cross (made in one piece
made of granite) and a memorial statement. The graves were marked by
Marked by groups of symbolic crosses. The cemetery is enclosed by a hornbeam hedge
hedge.
Special features
There is also a Russian war cemetery within the municipality of Čabiny
War cemetery. This has been restored by the municipal authorities and is
also worth a visit. The coordinates are: 49°11'42.198 "N;
21°54'50.9652 "E.
