The internationally documented Čabiny war cemetery in north-eastern Slovakia is located in the cemetery of the Greek Catholic parish in the municipality of the same nameHistory
The work of the War Graves Commission began in 1990 in the east of what was 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, the one in Važec - the largest in Slovakia - in 1998, and the cemetery in Bratislava was inaugurated in 2000. This was followed by the restoration and consolidation of cemeteries from the First World War. Today, around 16,000 German soldiers are buried in six Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. cemeteries in what is now the Slovak Republic
The legal basis for the work of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. was initially the German-Czechoslovak Neighborhood Treaty of February 27, 1992. On March 2, 1999, 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 Imperial and Royal War Graves Commission No. 4 in 1917. 480 dead were buried here, including 187 German, 157 Austro-Hungarian, 96 and 40 soldiers of unknown origin. In the cemetery of the Greek-Catholic parish, the plot with the soldiers' graves has been preserved - apart from a few graves that have been laid over. In 2008, soldiers from the German Armed Forces began to restore the cemetery with the help of Slovakian soldiers. The final work and completion of the cemetery took place in 2012. Two plots were designated for reburials on the unoccupied areas of the military cemetery. In future, World War I dead from smaller World War I sites to be dissolved, e.g. from the village of Radvaň nad Laborcom, will be transferred here. From there, 42 dead were already reburied here in 2009.
Cemetery description
As part of the repair work carried out by members of the German Armed Forces, a drainage channel was installed by 2010, the boundaries of the burial grounds were marked and a small memorial square and an access path made of natural stone paving were laid out. A high cross (made in one piece from granite) and a memorial statement were also created. The graves were marked by groups of symbolic crosses. The cemetery is enclosed by a hornbeam hedge.
Special features
There is also a Russian war cemetery within the municipality of Čabiny. This has been restored by the municipality and is also worth a visit. The coordinates are: 49°11'42.198"N; 21°54'50.9652"E.
