Forest cemetery Kramsach

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Kramsach, Voldöpp, military cemetery, detail

The Kramsach forest cemetery (formerly Kramsach military cemetery ), also known as the Voldöpp-Kramsach military cemetery , is a listed military cemetery for those who died in the First and Second World Wars . In addition to the cemetery at the Kramsach parish church , it is the only cemetery in the Tyrolean community of Kramsach built for the burial of the deceased . The Kramsacher museum cemetery serves as a private open-air museum.

history

The first plans for a military cemetery in the Kramsach district of Voldöpp were made in 1918. In that year, the local authority gave the war ministry a floor area of ​​130 square meters for the construction of a military cemetery. The initiative for this came from the local officers' association. The completion of the military cemetery was officially announced in March 1925. At that time there were 89 graves of heroes. After the cemetery had previously been laid out in wood, it was expanded in stone in 1926. These expansion works were shaken by two attacks by an unknown person. Hammer blows damaged 39 of the 91 gravestones.

On September 12, 1926, the memorial chapel at the Kramsach military cemetery was inaugurated. In the presence of many guests of honor, various warrior associations and other associations, the cemetery and chapel were handed over to the care of the community after a memorial mass. Because of dilapidation, the chapel was rebuilt in 1981 with the help of the Kramsacher Schützen. The re-inauguration took place on July 26, 1981.

Today the military cemetery is called Waldfriedhof. 132 former soldiers are commemorated here. 46 of them are to be assigned to the First World War and 86 to the Second World War. Fallen from the First World War are mentioned on plaques, while the fallen from the Second World War are mentioned on one-sided smooth natural stones with plaques. There is also a woman among those buried in WWII. A tombstone is nameless. The Black Cross takes care of the preservation of the war cemetery. The current maintenance work is carried out by the municipality of Kramsach.

Memorial chapel

The open chapel, consecrated in 1926, is dedicated to the 45 fallen soldiers of Kramsach-Mariatal. Like the cemetery itself, it was built by the officers' association of Kramsach-Achenrain on the initiative of Major i. R. Out of time. Next to the 45 fallen soldiers in Kramsach, a third plaque reads: “In memory of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur v. Klingspor, Geb. Art. Regt. Nr. 8, * 3.1.1871 Rabstein Böhmen, † 8.9.1918 Brixlegg ”. Inside the chapel is an altarpiece, painted by Colonel i. See R. Oppacher. In addition to a depiction of Jesus on the cross, a dying soldier to whom the open sky beckons is depicted. In the background the deployment of the last regiment was shown in pictures. Years later, for unknown reasons, the chapel got its own bell tower. In the course of the reconstruction in 1981, a new bell was installed there.

Others

It is unknown why the Voldöpp-Kramsach military cemetery is also dedicated to those who died during World War II. So far it is assumed that only soldiers from the First World War found their final resting place there. Likewise, it has not been handed down why there are no longer 91, as in 1926, but 86 tombstones.

Web links

Commons : Waldfriedhof Kramsach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Bautechniker 1918 , (accessed on January 26, 2019)
  2. ↑ Andreas Oberhauser: The war cemetery in Voldöpp is inaugurated , (accessed on February 15, 2019)
  3. ↑ Innsbrucker Nachrichten of March 28, 1925 , (accessed January 26, 2019)
  4. ↑ Innsbrucker Nachrichten of March 24, 1926 , (accessed January 26, 2019)
  5. ↑ Salzburg Chronicle of September 16, 1926 , (accessed January 26, 2019)
  6. ↑ Andreas Oberhauser: The war cemetery in Voldöpp is inaugurated , (accessed on February 15, 2019)
  7. ↑ Online project Fallen Memorials , (accessed on January 23, 2019)
  8. ↑ Andreas Oberhauser: The war cemetery in Voldöpp is inaugurated , (accessed on February 15, 2019)
  9. ↑ Andreas Oberhauser: The war cemetery in Voldöpp is inaugurated , (accessed on February 15, 2019)
  10. ↑ Tiroler Anzeiger from September 15, 1926 , (accessed January 26, 2019)
  11. ↑ Andreas Oberhauser: The war cemetery in Voldöpp is inaugurated , (accessed on February 15, 2019)
  12. ↑ Andreas Oberhauser: The war cemetery in Voldöpp is inaugurated , (accessed on February 15, 2019)

Coordinates: 47 ° 27 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 11 ° 53 ′ 30 ″  E