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Military cemetery and heroes monument in Békéscsaba, Hungary
A.The cemetery was build in 1916 after the planes of János Bischotka and was consecrated in 1918. The cemetery owns 728 graves of solders from battle fields, having 489 Hungarian, 89 Russian, 14 Serbian, 13 Italian, 105 Romanian, and six graves of unknown heroes.In 1917 in the cemetery was build a memorial made by Vilhelm Pop and László Papp.
B. The 101 infantry memorial was made by Mihály Belanka in 1923.
Hungary,
Type of WWI-heritage
- War monument
- Military cemetery
Dimensions
100X50 m heroes cemetery, 101 infantry memorial with a 11 m high column
State of repair/preservation
well managed
Historical WWI Context
A. The military cemetery from Békéscsaba hold the graves of 728 WWI heroes. The cemetary adress is 5600 Békéscsaba, Németh Lajos St. / Csendes St. corner.
B. For the 101 infantry memorial a description is available at www.barkaonline.hu/esszek-tanulmanyok/4898-a-bekescsabai-101-es-emlekm--felallitasanak-kronikaja.
Recent Images
Historical Images
State of legal protection
no available data
Owner
Békéscsaba city Council
Kind of cultural use of WWI
Békéscsaba
(the information is available at https://www.utazzitthon.hu/latnivalo/bekescsaba)
Roman catholic church, 5600 Békéscsaba, Szent István tér
Lutheran church, 5600 Békéscsaba, Szeberényi tér 1. és Luther utca 1.
Munkácsy Mihály museum, 5600 Békéscsaba, Széchenyi utca 9.
Jókai theatre, 5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy út 1-3.
Andrássy street
Árpád spa, 5600 Békéscsaba, Árpád sor 3.
The mayor house, 5600 Békéscsaba, Szent István tér 7.
Pósteleki castle ruins, 5600 Békéscsaba, Póstelek 4
István mill , 5600 Békéscsaba, Gőzmalom tér
Nearby Békéscsaba you can find:
The Szarvasi arboretum, 5540 Szarvas I.kk. 9
Szanazug, Doboz
Opening
The cemetary adress is 5600 Békéscsaba, Németh Lajos St. / Csendes St. and is open for 24 hours.
Entrance Fee
no
Information regarding cities, villages, other touristic attractions (non-WWI) nearby
The cemetery adress is 5600 Békéscsaba, Németh Lajos St. / Csendes St and can be accessed at acenter.hu/Hosi-temeto-Csendes-utca-Bekescsaba-4191/
The memorial description is available at www.kozterkep.hu/~/8097/101_es_gyalogezred_emlekmuve_Bekescsaba_1923.html
Accomodation
Large accomodation possibilities in Békéscsaba city or the nearby Gyula city. At Gyula visitors can have a pleasent trip to the Gyula castle, the spa of Gyula and the Almássy castle. Other visiting sites are the Ladics house and the musician Ferenc Erkel memorial house. In Summer time the castle theatre of Gyula is waiting the visitors.
The main links: www.hotelfiume.hu
www.brillhotel.hu
www.fenyveshotel.hu
www.munkacsyhotel.hu
www.arcanumhotel.hu
Public Transport
www.mavcsoport.hu
www.dakk.hu
Further information sources
no available data
Other heritage sites nearby
Museums Private Collections
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Military cemetery and heroes monument in Békéscsaba, Hungary
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