Pisek was a large garrison town, and the military cemetery used to be close to the local church. However, during WW1 a new cemetery was built to accommodate the higher number of fallen soldiers. These numbers rose because Pisek also used to be a military hospital town, with many casualties being sent here.
In the period 1914‒1919, 393 soldiers were buried here. In the post-war period until 1938, an additional 49 soldiers were buried in the cemetery. There are two mass graves and 428 crosses for individual soldiers.
There are three larger monuments commemorating the fallen soldiers. The first monument was made in 1915 from cast iron by a local craftsman. The second monument is a statute from 1917 by Frantisek Zemlicka, specifically commemorating the 11th Infantry Regiment. The third monument is from 1929 commemorating the 28th Rifle Regiment. This monument was originally used as celebration of the 40th anniversary of Emperor Franz Josef I, but later adapted in the extended role.
With establishing the cemetery, they also included a small chapel that was built by soldiers recovering from their wounds in the hospital.
On the 7 November 1929, 62 fallen soldiers from Yugoslavia that were buried in Pisek were exhumed and transported by train to Jindrichovice, in the Sokolov area, where their mausoleum is protected as cultural heritage.
Location:
397 01 Písek 1, Czech Republic
