In the graves of honour at Krems cemetery, initially constructed to the left of the cemetery chapel, 66 dead from the Krems troop hospital and the 12 departments of the reserve hospital had been originally buried.

Many fallen soldiers were also to be buried in these graves until the end of World War One. In some weeks the garrison attended a funeral almost daily. Because the originally planned graves were already occupied in 1915, a further “shaft grave” had to be constructed on the right-hand side of the cemetery chapel.

Several attempts failed during the course of World War One to erect monuments to heroes near the graves of honour. Monuments near the graves were then finally constructed in 1928.

The graves of honour were extensively refurbished in 1986 by the Austrian Black Cross in agreement with the Federal Ministry for the Interior and the Lower Austria Parliament.