The Battle of Königgrätz, also known as the Battle of Sadowa, Sadová, or Hradec Králové, was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War, in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire - see also (
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The Prussian Cemetery
Some 300 steps to the west from the local church there is the so-called Prussian Cemetery. The cemetery was established immediately after the battle. The piece of land belonging to the house No 47 was bought by the Prussian War Department to its ownership. Individual graves spread in surroundings were later carried over to the cemetery by the Committee.
From the entrance gate to the right the following monuments are placed:
Sandstone pyramid (No 32) devoted to Austrian Second Lieutenant Jaroslav Jidinsky of the 52nd Infantry Regiment. It was donated by his family.
Sandstone tomb decorated with a heraldry embossment (No 194) devoted to Prussian Lieutenant Hans von Pape of the 2nd Guard infantry Regiment.
Sandstone cover (No 195) on the grave of Prussian First Lieutenant Oscar Vogeley of the Guard Fusileer Regiment. This one and further monument were donated by the Prussian War Department.
Sandstone cover decorated with a heraldry embossment (No 196) on the grave of Prussian Lieutenant Hans Gustav Freiherr von Maltzahn of the Guard Fusileer Regiment.
Sandstone rock (No 197) on the grave of Prussian Lieutenant-General Johann Wilhelm Freiherr Hiller von Gartringen, Commandant of the 1st Guard Infantry Division that conquered Chlum.
Pseudo-Gothic sandstone tomb (No 198) to Prussian Lieutenant-Colonel Heinrich Gottfried Ernst von Helldorf, Commandant of a fusileer battalion of the 1st Guard Infantry Regiment.
Type sandstone pyramid (No 251). The monument of general dedication, established by the Committee, stands near four unknown graves.
Cross type No 12 (a big iron cross on a sandstone pedestal) (No 201) to Prussian Lieutenant Richard Gusovius of the East-Prussian Jaeger Battalion No 1. The grave originally stood in the garden of the house No 9, but in 1936 was exhumed, when the house was made larger, and moved to the present place.
At the head of the cemetery there is a monument (No 199) of the Prussian 1st Guard Infantry Division of a cast-iron sculpture of a sleeping lion on a high marble base donated by the Officer Corps of the division and installed in the cemetery in 1867.
From the left back corner of the cemetery along the wall to the entrance gate the following monuments are placed:
Cross type No 12 (No 203) to two Prussian officers. The monument donated by Johannites was moved to this place.
Monumental cast-iron cross on a sandstone pedestal (No 200) devoted to all Austrian and Prussian soldiers killed within the area of the village Chlum and serving as a cemetery cross at the same time.
Type sandstone pyramid (No 267) to Austrian Captain Franz Sanger of the 8th Artillery Regiment donated by the Committee.
Sandstone pyramid (No 212) devoted to thirty Prussian soldiers and one Austrian officer.
Monument (No 31) to die Austrian 46th Infantry Regiment. A sandstone broken column decorated with a wreath from the same material. The monument was donated by the regiment, and consecrated on June 30,1868, originally stood on the southeastern margin of the village and only in 1975 it was moved to this place.
On November 4, 1866, during his visual inspection of the battlefield, Emperor Franz Joseph I visited the cemetery. Here on the plateau the development of the whole battle with description in the landscape was explained to His Majesty by a present high officer. The emperor stayed here some half an hour.
The cemetery wall was reconstructed in 1998, a general repair of the cemetery was executed under financial support of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic in 2006.