Mariánské Lázně (Czech: Mariánské Lázně) was included in the 2021
UNESCO World Heritage List of important spa towns in Europe. The
municipal cemetery includes German cemeteries.
Occupancy
4.090 dead are buried there - soldiers who died during the Second
World War II, but also civilians. Evacuated from Germany
"evacuated", they had died in the city's hospitals. in 1943
the "Charité" clinic was moved from Berlin to Mariánské Lázně. This explains
why the graves in question were known as the "Berlin graves" or "Berlin cemetery"
were known.
As a result of the Munich Agreement of 1938 (cession of the Sudeten region to
Germany) and the subsequent occupation of the Sudetenland by German troops, Mariánské Lázn?
Troops, Marienbad belonged to the "Reichsgau Sudetenland of the German Reich" until the end of the Second World War
Sudetenland of the German Reich" until the end of the Second World War. The town remained undestroyed.
After the end of the Second World War, there were more than 18,000 refugees on the territory of the
today's Czech Republic there were more than 18,000 graves of German war dead in
over 1,600 municipalities.
It was only after the fall of the Iron Curtain that the Volksbund Deutsche
Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. became officially active in 1990. The former
czechoslovakian government had formally accepted the provisions of international humanitarian
Formally accepted the provisions of international humanitarian law, it was nevertheless
War graves remained almost impossible.
To this day, the Volksbund's work is based on Article 30 of the
german-Czechoslovak Neighborhood Treaty of 27 February 1992.
In it, both governments declare their intention to protect the war graves and
to facilitate their registration and care. A German-Czech war graves
War graves agreement is still pending.
History
The redesign of the site began in 1991
the grave fields were leveled and planted with grass. The soldiers' graves received
Granite crosses on which the names, dates of life and ranks can be read.
A high cross forms the center of the cemetery. An open
Cemetery house (altan) marks the transition from the war cemetery to the
"Berlin cemetery". The grave slabs were moved there to create a
Lawn was created. A memorial slogan can be read on a small square.
Next to it is a sculpture depicting a mourner. It was created by the
Sculptor Vítězslav Eibl.
In the "Berlin Cemetery", names and dates are inscribed on granite crosses at the individual graves
Immortalized on granite crosses. The collective graves are marked by groups of symbolic crosses
marked by groups of symbolic crosses. Granite desk stones give the names of those buried here. The
memorial square of the "Berlin Cemetery" with the sculpture is framed by
twelve bronze plaques with the names of the buried dead. The altar contains
with the names of those who were not buried in western and northern Bohemia
The dead. The names of the unknown deceased can be read on a round stele
read on a round stele.
This war cemetery was opened to the public on October 24, 1992
to the public on October 24, 1992 and a commemorative event was held on October 14, 1995
Commemoration ceremony took place.
Special feature
A "Park of Reconciliation" was created outside the town cemetery of Mariánské Lázně
Reconciliation", which was opened as part of the commemorative event at the end of the
Construction work on October 14, 1995. In the altar of the cemetery
since 1997, an information board commemorates the decades of
Reconciliation work carried out by the Volksbund-Landesverband Berlin in the context of
The care of war graves as part of youth camps.