Latvia

Valka (1. WK)

Directions

Valka district, town of Valka. At the Cimzes cemetery (Lugažu cemetery) in the town of Valka, on Miera Street, on the border with Estonia.

Total Occupation: 60 fatalities

Total Occupation: 60 fatalities

Contact

Miera iela

4701 Valka

Latvia


Open all year round

The cemetery measures 170 m² and is bordered by 20 concrete posts connected by metal pipes in 2 rows. The cemetery consists of a mass grave (9.10 x 12.10 m), in the center of which there is a granite memorial with the following text: GERMAN WAR CEMETERY 1914 - 1918 46 GERMAN WARRIORS REST HERE THEY ALL DIED IN FAITHFUL DUTY TO THEIR FATHERLAND HONORING THEIR MEMORY. 1939 On the longer edge of the mass grave there are 7 concrete slabs on the memorial with the names, units and dates of death of the buried soldiers. A small oak tree grows in the rear left corner of the mass grave. According to the text on the memorial, 46 German soldiers are buried in the cemetery. According to the plaques, 39 known and 21 unknown soldiers are buried.