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PORDOI AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND GERMAN WAR CEMETERY

Passo Pordoi

​Italy

GPS Coordinates: 46°29'28.64"N; 11°49'41.35"E

Location Information

Pordoi Pass is located about 12kms from Canazei in Northern Italy. See map below for actual location


Historical Information

Near the pass lies the Austro-Hungarian and German War Cemetery where lies the remains of 454 fallen German soldiers and 8,128 of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1956, 847 German soldiers who were killed in the Second World War were buried around the ossuary.

​For more information on this cemetery click here (In German Only)


World War One Casualties: Austro-Hungary 8,128, Germany 454. Total 8,582.

World War Two Casualties: Germany 847. 

Total Burials: 9,429.

​The Cemetery was designed by Robert Tischler


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