Memorial to the Infantry Regiment No. 26 - Forrest Svib, Czech Republic
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The photo shows one of the many monuments of the Battle of Königgrätz.
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/05/2014
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A lot of monuments was erected on the various places around Easter Bohemia to remember the troops and the victims of Battle of Königgrätz (
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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.
Memorial to the Infantry Regiment No. 26
In the southeast comer of the forest Svib, near the road Maslojedy - Cisteves, there is a monumental sandstone obelisk reg no. 276. The monument with the imperial two-headed eagle, a laurel wreath and a palm branch was sponsored by the officer corps of the Infantry Regiment No. 26 and its fallen comrades. On the monument there are named the fallen captain Julius Zuna, lieutenant James Biasi and 59 soldiers. The monument was established in 1893 and was made by Zdenek Jezek from Hradec Kraiove.