The municipal cemetery in the Zagreb district of Gornje Vrapce is the resting place of
german soldiers of the Second World War who died in captivity.
Description of the cemetery
The German war cemetery is located in the northern part of the municipal
Municipal cemetery on a hill. A paved stairway leads to the central
central memorial square with a stone high cross and memorial slab. On the
Lawn are grave markers bearing the names - and where known - the dates of the deceased
Dates of the deceased. Shaped bushes break up the picture
the picture.
Burial
More than 650 prisoners of war are buried in the cemetery in Gornje Vrapce
buried there. Most of them died after the end of the Second World War. At that time
were spread across all the republics of the newly founded Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia - were camps for German prisoners of war. From 1945 to 1949, the
Interned were used as laborers. The last of them did not return to
their homeland.
History
The cemetery, which was created shortly after the Second World War, fell into disrepair and
neglected in the decades that followed. Only a few fragments of the original
Only a few fragments of the original gravestones remained.
In December 1996, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of
Croatia concluded a war graves agreement. The German War Graves Commission
e. V. has been looking after three war graves in Croatia on behalf of the Federal Republic
War cemeteries of the Second World War with more than 4,500 dead.
The site in Gornje Vrapce was restored in 1995 and 1996
restored. The grave markers were modeled on the original gravestones
original gravestones. The inauguration took place on May 11, 1996.
Special feature
One sight in Zagreb that is closely linked to the Second World War is the Griè
Is the Griè Tunnel in the Upper Town, around eight kilometers from the war cemetery
from the war cemetery. The tunnel was built to protect the population
from air raids and is around 350 meters long. At its center is
100 meters long and around five meters wide, from which four further tunnel tubes branch off
Tunnel tubes branch off. After 1945, the tunnel fell into oblivion. During the
Croatian war in the 1990s, it was used again. Since 2016 it has been
open to the public following its restoration.
