Sandstone obelisks - Forrest Svib, Czech Republic - Photos Then and Now on Waymarking.com

A lot of monuments was erected on the various places around Easter Bohemia to remember the troops and the victims of Battle of Königgrätz (visit link) .
The area of Svíb forrest has a largest concentration of graves and memorials. In total, there is more than 100 sites - 35 monuments, 1 plaque, 44 graves marked with a cross type 302A and 24 crosses type 302B.

At the eastern end of the forest behind the Forester Lodge two monumental sandstone obelisks rise against each other. The left one, reg. No. 223, decorated with military insignia and a laurel wreath was established in 1891 by the officer corps in commemoration of the fallen Austrian Jager Battalion No. 11.

Opposite there stands a monument reg. No. 272 of the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 67 of the Freiherr knight Schmerling. The monument is decorated with oak wreaths sculptures, and the imperial eagle. The officer corps established it in 1892 and it is the work of Zdenek Jezek from Hradec Kralove.

Year photo was taken: 1910

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