Military Cemetery Ukanc - Bohinjsko jezero / Slowenien
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Iris & Harry
N 46° 16.626 E 013° 50.109
33T E 410253 N 5125495
Military Cemetery with chapel near the road.
Waymark Code: WMQE2P
Location: Slovenia
Date Posted: 02/14/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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SL:
Vojaško pokopališce Ukanc je pokopališce, na katerega so med prvo svetovno vojno pokopavali padle vojake Avstro-ogrske vojske s soške fronte. Pokopališce je bilo v uporabi med junijem 1915 in novembrom 1917

Pokopališce leži na položnem pobocju tik pod spodnjo postajo gondolske žicnice za Vogel, nad cesto, ki vodi proti slapu Savica.

Na pokopališcu v Ukancu je v ravnih vrstah 282 grobov, obdanih z naravnimi kamni in opremljenih z lesenimi križi na betonskih podstavkih, na katerih so kovinske plošcice z imeni vojakov. Z imeni je opremljeno le 221 grobov, znano pa je, da je v nekaj grobov pokopanih po vec vojakov. Zadnji grob nosi številko 296, v njem pa je pokopan neznani ruski vojni ujetnik. Okoli pokopališca je postavljena lesena ograja, vhod v pokopališce pa je nekaj metrov nad levim robom ceste. Vhod je zaprt z železnimi kovanimi vrati in s portalom, na katerem sta letnici 1914-1918. Nekaj metrov naprej je na levem delu pokopališca okoli 1,5 m visok spomenik iz naravnega kamna, posvecen padlim vojakom s Krna in braniteljem Bohinja v letih 1915-1916. Na spomeniku sta napisa v nemšcini in slovenšcini.

Sredi pokopališca stoji lesena kapelica iz smrekovih okroglic, krita s skodlami in opremljena z majnim zvonikom. Pred kapelico je nekaj stopnic iz naravnega kamna, na vsaki strani spodnejga dela stopnic pa stoji na betonskih podstavkih po ena topovska granata. Pod nadstreškom visi lesena tabla z napisom: »POTOMCI! OSTANITE SI EDINI, DA ZAMAN NAŠO NISMO KRI PRELILI.«. Na pokopališcu so pokopani predvsem vojaki slovaške, madžarske, poljske, ukrajinske in slovenske ter nekaj vojakov drugih narodnosti, poleg tega pa je na pokopališcu nekaj grobov neznanih vojakov. Poleg avstrogrskih so tu tudi grobovi 17 ruskih, dveh romunskih in enega italijanskega vojnega ujetnika ter enega civilnega nosaca.

EN: (Google translator)
Military Cemetery Ukanc the cemetery, which during the First World War buried the fallen soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army with the Soca Front. The cemetery was in use between June 1915 and November 1917

The cemetery lies on the gentle slope just below the lower station of the cable car, above the road that leads to the waterfall Savica.

At the cemetery in Ukanc in straight rows 282 graves surrounded with natural stones and equipped with wooden crosses on concrete pedestals on which the metal plates with the names of soldiers. With names it is equipped with only 221 graves known, however, that in some graves are buried under more troops. The last tomb bearing the number 296, in which is buried an unknown Russian prisoner of war. Around the cemetery, a wooden fence, the entrance to the cemetery is a few meters above the left edge of the road. The entrance is closed by a forged iron door and a portal bearing the dates 1914-1918. A few meters ahead on the left side of the cemetery, about 1.5 m high monument of stone, dedicated to fallen soldiers with Krn and the defenders of Bohinj in 1915-1916. On the monument are inscriptions in German and Slovenian.

In the middle of the cemetery stands a wooden chapel of spruce logs, covered with shingles and equipped with the Main bell tower. Before the chapel is a few steps from the natural stone, on each side of the lower part of the stairs stands on concrete pedestals after a mortar shell. Under the roof hangs a wooden plaque with the inscription: "CHILDREN! Keeping You agree that ZAMAN OUR NISMO CIA overflights. ". In the cemetery they are buried soldiers mostly of Slovak, Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian and Ukrainian, and some soldiers of other nationalities, in addition to the cemetery a few graves of unknown soldiers. In addition to the Austro there are also the graves of 17 Russian, two Romanian and one Italian prisoner of war and one civilian clamp.
Visiting hours:
24/7


Date cemetery was established: Not listed

Website pertaining to the cemetery: Not listed

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