Seefeld-Kadolz cholera cemetery
The Seefeld-Kadolz cholera cemetery was a plague cemetery in the market town of Seefeld-Kadolz in the Hollabrunn district in Lower Austria .
history
In 1831 cholera broke out in the two towns of Seefeld and Großkadolz . 38 people died.
Since the local cemeteries were not sufficient and for reasons of disease protection, an emergency cemetery was created as a mass grave . 21 of the victims were buried here outside the villages ( ⊙ ) south of the settlement not far from the road to Obritz (today L3).
graveyard
The burial ground measured 40 x 20 steps (about 30 x 15 meters) and was surrounded by a moat.
In 1928 the cholera cemetery was leveled and has been part of a field ever since.
memorial
In 1989 the local Horst Beer set up a small memorial with a cross in the style of the cemetery from 1831. It is about 100 meters from the original site on the edge of the field next to the road ( ⊙ ). An old wayside cross was used, the Seefelder Fellner Kreuz , which originally stood at the intersection of Seefelder Kellern - Kadolzer Kellern. The cross is bordered with a fence.
The cross shows the inscription:
| 19th | I am with you until the end of days |
89 |
There is a small description of the cholera cemetery on the shaft.
Web links
- Cholera cemetery (Seefeld-Kadolz) , regiowiki.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presumed location: GstNr. 1289 to 1285.
- ↑ a b c d e f Memorial - CHOLERAfriedhof , in kleindenkmaeler.com
- ↑ Other cholera epidemics struck the places in 1832 (36 dead), 1855 (29 dead) and 1866 (153 people). The last ones were brought in by Prussian soldiers after the Battle of Königgrätz . These victims were not buried here. Information according to kleindenkmaeler.com and the notice board according to marterl.at.
- ↑ Memorial - Cholera Cemetery, in marterl.at
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