PoH-Code: poh.34146
Grave site for soldiers of the Red Army in Weiden am See
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Grabanlage für Soldaten der Roten Armee in Weiden am See (©Nora Brettl)
Grabanlage für Soldaten der Roten Armee in Weiden am See (©Nora Brettl) · CC-BY-NC-4.0 · gams.uni-graz.at
On April 3rd and 4th, 1945, fighting took place along the Südostwall defensive structure near Weiden am See between the German Wehrmacht and Volkssturmmänner and the Red Army. During the fighting, 42 German soldiers and three Red Army soldiers lost their lives; they were buried on the town cemetery of Weiden am See. In a grave, in the fourth row near the main entrance, lies the grave of the two soldiers Bajkewich and Birjukow.
Translation · AI tier 5
Sources
- DERLA — Grabanlage für Soldaten der Roten Armee in Weiden am See (dc8954b7-6585-4029-8982-eaed67945351) — DERLA — Grabanlage für Soldaten der Roten Armee in Weiden am See
Evaluations
- Access (from 07/19/2026): Open access
- Spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate
Location & map
Map position available (Point) · spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate
Textual location description
Friedhof, 7121 Weiden am See
Coordinates (WGS84)47.92742° N, 16.87338° E