Amras military cemetery
The Amras military cemetery is one of the cemeteries in Innsbruck and is the largest war cemetery in Tyrol. It was laid out during the First World War in 1917 and expanded after the Second World War in 1945. 5680 fallen soldiers from various nations are buried on it. The cemetery is owned by the Republic of Austria, it is administered by the Castle Authority Austria and looked after by the Austrian Black Cross . It is a listed building .
investment
The cemetery is located in the Amras district of Innsbruck, south of the Ostfriedhof . It is bordered to the north by Wiesengasse and to the east by Amraser Strasse, and to the west is the extension of the Ostfriedhof cemetery built in 1985. The rectangular area with loose coniferous trees is cut through by two axially arranged main paths and divided into nine unequal grave fields (A – J) by side paths. The facility is divided into individual, partly fenced areas, in which the fallen were buried according to their origin. Memorial stones commemorate the Jewish victims of National Socialism and the Polish and other prisoners of war who died in the Reichenau camp . In the east and south-east, the cemetery is surrounded by the original wall with wrought iron grating between vegetal-designed, romanized cast stone columns , the newer part in the west is bordered by a lattice fence overgrown with hedges.
Italian part
The Italian soldiers who died in Innsbruck hospitals during the Italian occupation of Tyrol from 1918 to 1920 are buried on the Italian part. In the center is a four-sided stone monument erected in 1920, which was designed by Natale Tommasi and which is architecturally rich and is crowned by a copper tent roof with a stone cross. The entablature zone is provided with relief friezes made of white marble, which show war implements of the four arms. In the eight-sided drum - like structure there are inscriptions and relief fields flanked by corner pilasters , on the east side the coat of arms of Savoy , in the south and north a Savoyard knot. The graves are provided with uniform grave crosses made of cast stone. The cast stone columns of the enclosure of the Italian part are crowned by the representation of an Italian infantry helmet.
Tyrolean part
The Tyrolean part is dedicated to the fallen of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army and the Tyrolean Riflemen who fell in the Tyrolean Wars of Independence from 1796 to 1799 in all parts of the country and who were reburied here from other abandoned grave fields after 1945. The graves are decorated with historical wrought iron crosses. In the south of the complex there is a granite altar with a crucifix, which was redesigned in 1984. On the front of the altar and the wall behind it there are inscription panels with the names of the fallen, in front of the altar there is a memorial stone for the Tyrolean struggle for freedom.
Muslim part
Soldiers of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian regiments who fought in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War are buried in the Muslim part . The stone grave stelae , which are oriented to the east, have red and black fezes attached. On the front there are small plaques with the names of the fallen.
Russian part
The Russian part in the northwest of the facility was laid out in 1949 for members of the Red Army who died as prisoners of war and is surrounded by a hedge. It houses communal graves with blocks of artificial stone arranged on a star-shaped floor plan . In the center there is a high round obelisk made of cast stone over a granite base, which is crowned by a Soviet star.
Web links
- 6020 Innsbruck, Wiesengasse - Kriegerfriedhof , Burghauptmannschaft Austria
- Military cemetery , on amras.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Commemoration at the Amras military cemetery , Tyrolean Officers' Association
- ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Amras plant military cemetery, war cemetery. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Ellen Hastaba: Tommasi (Tomasi), Natale. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 398 f. (Direct links on p. 398 , p. 399 ).
- ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Amras military cemetery: Italian part. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Amras military cemetery: Tyrolean part. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Amras military cemetery: Mohammedan part. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Amras military cemetery: Russian part. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′ 26 " N , 11 ° 25 ′ 17.9" E