Cemetery

Evangelical Cemetery in Trenčín

The Evangelical Cemetery in Trenčín is the resting place of many prominent figures in religious and socio-economic life. After the establishment of Luther’s Reformation in Trenčín, the Evangelicals owned, besides two churches and a lower grammar school, also cemeteries, which they lost in 1671 during re-Catholicization. The former city mayor D. Lipský, a Czech exile from Německý (today Havlíčkův) Brod, donated his garden in Horný Šiancec to...

War cemetery

Research on the Identity of Soldiers Buried in the Trenčín War Cemetery

In historical research on war cemeteries, one of the most important areas of investigation is the clarification of identities of the victims buried there. The objective is to compile the most accurate list of soldiers and to obtain as much data about them as possible. This can only be done with careful analysis of all available historical sources. Similarly, this was also the case with the Trenčín War Cemetery