The monument No. 53 - Zalesi, Czech Republic
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The Austro-Prussian War Memorial in Zálesí.
Waymark Code: WMM31X
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/12/2014
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The major battle of the Austro-Prussian war - Battle of Königgrätz (
visit link) - was preceded by several other military clashes and minor skirmishes and battles. These skirmishes had their own victims and these victims have own a monuments.
The monuments outside the central battlefield (i.e. those that are not here (
visit link) have their own number series.
This is the memorial of the victims of Battle of Königinhof [CZ: Dvur Králové]. It was a minor engagement in the Königgratz/Sadowa campaign of the Austro-Prussian War in Bohemia on June 29, 1866.
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Štíhlý vysoký jehlanec z královedvorského pískovce s reliéfem. Pomník se nachází na zahrádce rodinného domu a je venován 7 padlým vojáku, kterí zemreli behem ústupu na Záleský vrch.