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Memorial for the Victims of Bombing in the Cemetery St. Nikolaus Innsbruck

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Denkmal im Friedhof St. Nikolaus in Innsbruck 2022 (© Horst Schreiber)

Denkmal im Friedhof St. Nikolaus in Innsbruck 2022 (© Horst Schreiber)

Denkmal im Friedhof St. Nikolaus in Innsbruck 2022 (© Horst Schreiber) · CC-BY-NC-4.0 · gams.uni-graz.at

After the World War, the "Vereinigung St. Nikolaus" erected a wooden board with the names of 13 male and 10 female victims of bombing attacks from their district, among them three families each with four deceased. Eventually, the association acquired a stone figure of the Tyrolean sculptor Johannes Obleitner from the Innsbruck West Cemetery and replaced the wooden board with the figure. Two plaques were attached to the memorial itself: one for the fallen of the First World War, and a bronze plaque with the names of the victims of the bombing war. The initiative was led by Franz Schnaller, the chairman of the "Vereinigung St. Nikolaus", and the SPÖ municipal councilor Alois Eichler, as well as the cultural officer, vice mayor Arthur Haidl (ÖVP).

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Sources

  • DERLA — Denkmal für die Bombenopfer im Friedhof St. Nikolaus Innsbruck (8555a4e2-b181-4623-a7e9-369077f7f88b) — DERLA — Denkmal für die Bombenopfer im Friedhof St. Nikolaus Innsbruck

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  • Access (from 07/19/2026): Open access
  • Spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate

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Map position available (Point) · spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate

Textual location description

Kirchenfriedhof St. Nikolaus, Schmelzergasse, 6020 Innsbruck

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Karte: © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), SRTM

Coordinates (WGS84)47.27439° N, 11.39315° E

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