The monument No. 57 - Horicky, Czech Republic
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1866 Austro-Prussian War Memorial - the monument No. 57.
Waymark Code: WMMKE0
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/02/2014
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The major battle of Austro-Prussian war (
visit link) was preceded by several other military clashes and minor skirmishes and battles. These skirmishes had their own victims and this victims has own a monuments.
The monuments outside the central battlefield (i.e. those that are not here (
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This is the memorial of the victims of The Battle of Skalitz [CZ: Ceská Skalice] (
visit link) . It was a minor engagement in the Königgratz/Sadowa campaign of the Austro-Prussian War in Bohemia on June 28, 1866.
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Tento pomník je venován obetem bitvy u Ceske Skalice.
Hrob na místním hrbitove – v levé cásti. Jde o mramorová desku na hrobe dvou pruských dustojníku, setníka Gerharda von Kügelgen a porucíka Friedricha Zimmermanna od slezského streleckého pluku c. 38