Great War Memorial - Sány (Central Bohemia), Czech Republic
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N 50° 07.552 E 015° 14.826
33U E 517662 N 5552654
Granite obelisk dedicated to a honour of 15 victims of the Great War (1914-1918) by their fellow-citizens in 1928 in front of a former school.
Waymark Code: WM14NFC
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/01/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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The monument dedicated to a memmory of 15 men from the village which were killed on a various battlefields of the Great War (1914-1918) was paid by their fellow-citizens and erected in 1928. It consists of 5 meters high granite obelisk with a gilded relief of the first president of the Czechoslovakia Tomas G. Masaryk and engraved gilded list of the victims. The names of the victims are following:

B. POLÁCEK LEG.
F. HNEVSA
V. JEDLICKA
J. KRIŠTOF
J. MATEJKA
A. PALECEK
J. PÍSECKÝ
V. REHÁK
F. TUMA
V. VOKOUN
V. HOUŽVICKA
J. VOKOUN
J. PROKEŠ
J. TUMA
F. VONDRÁK
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1928

Private or Public Monument?: Other

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: citizens of village Sány

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

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