German war cemetery Pordoi
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| place | Pordoi Pass , Belluno Province |
| Construction year | 1937-1959 |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 29 '33.3 " N , 11 ° 49' 51.5" E |
The German war cemetery Pordoi ( Italian Cimitero militare tedesco del Passo Pordoi ) is located at the Pordoi Pass in the Dolomites in Italy . 8,582 fallen from World War I and 849 from World War II are buried here.
location
The war cemetery is on the Great Dolomite Road from Bolzano to Cortina d'Ampezzo above the Pordoi Pass .
history
During the First World War, Austro-Hungarian, German and Italian troops faced each other in the Dolomites between 1915 and 1917 . The soldiers died from fighting and also from the cold and snow.
The war cemetery at Pordoi Pass was a direct result of the war graves agreement concluded in 1937 between the German Reich and the Kingdom of Italy . Construction on the memorial began in 1937. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, however, the work was not completed and was then discontinued. In 1956 it was reopened and the memorial was finally inaugurated on September 19, 1959.
architecture
The crypt is an octagonal structure. Light falls into the interior through three narrow notches on each of the walls. In the middle is a shell made of limestone. 8,582 Austrian and German dead from the First World War rest in the crypt.
Immediately around the crypt there is a five meter high circular wall with a diameter of 30 meters. In the soil of another outer circular wall with a diameter of 54 meters, 849 dead from the Second World War rest in an 8.5-meter-wide earth ring.
museum
A museum on the nearby Pordoi Pass uses found objects and photographs to show the hardships and cruelties to which the soldiers were exposed, especially during the mountain war. Uniforms, weapons and objects of daily life are on display.
See also
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References and comments
- ↑ German war cemetery Pordoi on the website of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (work of the Volksbund and description of the war cemetery at Pordoi Pass)
- ↑ The German Alpenkorps the sparse Austrian front should strengthen in the Dolomites after the Italian declaration of war on May 23, 1915 even though the German Reich is not officially at war with Italy. It remained there until autumn 1915.
- ↑ Stefanie Nebel: Joint commemoration on the Pordoi. In: frieden 2/2015, pp. 38–39.
- ↑ On the trail of the mountain war in the Dolomites. Volksbund trip to Trentino. In: Press portal from July 26, 2015.
- ↑ Brochure of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge on German war gravesites in Italy (PDF; 367 kB) accessed on March 3, 2017.
- ↑ German war cemetery Pordoi on the website of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (work of the Volksbund and description of the war cemetery at Pordoi Pass)
- ^ Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. (Ed.): German war cemeteries in Italy. Leaflet.
- ↑ Pordoi Pass War Museum in Italian , accessed on March 3, 2017.