German and Hungarian war dead rest together in Budaörs. The
War cemetery west of Budapest is the largest site for war dead from both countries
from both countries.
Cemetery description
The Budaörs war cemetery is the largest site for German and Hungarian war dead
hungarian war dead in Hungary. It is located a few kilometers west of the
Capital Budapest. The information building, which also houses an exhibition
about the cemetery, is only open when the care workers are present
open. However, the war cemetery itself is accessible at all times.
Occupancy
Budaörs is the resting place of fallen soldiers from the Second World War, mainly from the
Area east of the Danube, from the counties of Komáron-Esztergom and Pest as well as
from Budapest. To date, 16,630 dead have found their final resting place here.
2.400 war dead whose remains could no longer be recovered due to overbuilding
but whose names and dates are known, have been immortalized in a permanent
Immortalized in a permanent metal name book.
History
in 2001, the dead of the Budapest-Kispest, Budapest X. District and
Esztergom were moved to Budaörs. The cemetery was inaugurated on October 19, 2002
inaugurated. in 2018, another 198 German and 21 Hungarian soldiers were buried at the war cemetery
hungarian soldiers were buried. The soldiers were only buried in 2018 by the
Reburial service of the German War Graves Commission, some of which were
subsequently identified in collaboration with the German service in Berlin
identified afterwards.
Special feature
At the same time as the cemetery was expanded, a peace park was created on the approximately six hectare
a peace park was created on the six-hectare site. On October 24, 1998, the first 58 trees were planted in the
Budaörs the first 58 trees were planted. There are now 674 peace trees,
who have found a tree sponsor. A multilingual exhibition documents
the suffering of people during the war with individual stories. Further peace parks have been
in La Cambe
(France), Groß
Nädlitz/ (Nadolice Wielkie/Poland) and Sologubowka (Russia).
Opening hours
Due to the exposed location of the war cemetery, the information building
opening of the information building - including at weekends and on public
Weekends and public holidays - could only be guaranteed at an increased cost. For
this reason and to protect the exhibition materials and furnishings from theft and
Theft and vandalism, the information building is only open during the
The presence of the care workers. The war cemetery itself is
accessible at all times.
