War Cemetery No. 120 - Łużna-Podbrzezie

War Cemetery No. 120 in Łużna-Podbrzezie is an Austro-Hungarian First World War cemetery, established in 1915. It belongs to cemetery district IV Łużna and is entered in the heritage register.

Who is buried here

Buried here are soldiers of six Hungarian honvéd infantry regiments, who fell mainly in April and May 1915 in the Battle of Gorlice. The sources give the number of burials as 416 or 417. The graves are collective and individual: 27 collective and 115 individual.

Layout of the cemetery

The cemetery is laid out on a rectangular plan with an area of 1,730 square metres. In the middle stands a sandstone monument in the shape of a sarcophagus, topped with a stone cross. The site is enclosed by a wooden palisade with a stone gate on one side, and stone walls on the other sides. The artistic direction of the work in district IV was in the hands of Jan Szczepkowski.

Today

The cemetery is no longer in use and, after renovation, is in good condition. It was entered in the heritage register in 1988 (number A-586). The same district includes, among others, Cemetery No. 123 in Łużna-Pustki.

Practical information

• Place: Łużna-Podbrzezie, Łużna municipality, Gorlice County.
• This is a burial place. Silence and respect are expected here.
• The register descriptions give no rules of entry, so ask at the Łużna municipal office before your visit.