War Cemetery No. 363 - Mszana Dolna

War Cemetery No. 363 is a First World War plot in the upper corner of the parish cemetery in Mszana Dolna. It belongs to district X (Limanowa) of the War Graves Section of the Imperial and Royal Military Command in Kraków, which built 400 such cemeteries in Western Galicia.

Who is buried here

In 31 single graves and 2 collective graves, 32 soldiers who fell in the First World War are buried: 20 from the Austro-Hungarian army, 2 from the German and 10 from the Russian. There is also a gravestone of Polish legionaries from 1914 and graves of soldiers of the Polish Army who fell in September 1939. Thirty-three soldiers have been identified, and five remain unknown.

Design and appearance

The cemetery was designed by the Austrian architect Gustaw Ludwig. The enclosure is a wall of split stone with two large concrete crosses, Latin and Lorraine. The gravestones take the form of concrete stelae with cast-iron crosses and name plates.

Practical information

• Location: the parish cemetery on ulica Cmentarna in Mszana Dolna.
• The rules that apply in a parish cemetery apply here; the sources give no hours.