The German war cemetery at the municipal cemetery in Zborov contains
1.194 dead of the Second World War are buried there.
Description of the cemetery
The area is divided into four burial plots. A hedge separates the military
from the civilian cemetery. Granite crosses on each side of the graves immortalize the names and
the names and dates of three of the dead. The centerpiece of the grounds is the high cross
with a memorial stone. From there, visitors can enjoy a sweeping view over the cemetery
over the cemetery, the village and the foothills of the Beskid Mountains.
A special feature is a wooden bell tower in the entrance area with aluminum
Aluminum name plaques for the unrecovered dead and for those resting among the unknown
among the unknown. There is also a list box next to the bell tower
with a register of names and visitors.
Burial
The municipal cemetery in Zborov was the site of the majority of the military graves
World War II have been preserved. The
The reburial work ended in 1997 and the last crosses and five name plaques
were moved in the fall of 1999. At the end of 2014, the military cemetery was occupied by 1,194
War dead.
History
The loss of life in the Second World War is estimated for the
former Czechoslovakia is estimated at 178,000, of which 114,000 war dead are
War dead are registered by name. The known grave sites are located at
about 5,200 locations; there are graves with more than 50 dead at 240 locations. On the
Territory of the present-day Slovak Republic, around 35,000 war dead are
are suspected. The Volksbund's work began in 1990 in the east of what was then
Czechoslovakia. The first cemetery was opened 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 expansion of the war cemetery in Zborov began in 1991 with the exhumation of the
of the dead buried there. The subsequent reorganization of the cemetery
made it possible to create additional areas for further graves. The site was opened to the
To the public on September 19, 1993.
Special feature
In Zborov, the good cooperation with the local administration made it possible
the establishment of the first military cemetery in the Slovak Federation, the
former ČSFR.
