German War Cemetery Olsztynek

This small war cemetery contains 63 German war graves from the First World War. These soldiers fell on 28 August 1914.

During the First World War, the decisive battle of the German army under the command of Marshal Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the Russian army general Samsonov took place near the village of Dröbnitz. As a result of the conflict in East Prussia, more than 60,000 soldiers from both armies were killed. Many victims were Germans and Russians, but also Austrians, English, Poles, Romanians and Belgians. On the entrance wall there was originally a stone tablet with the inscription: "Here you died the heroic death for the king and the fatherland near Tannenberg, August 28, 1914 by RES. INF. Reg. No. 9". 183 soldiers were buried in the cemetery, most of them from the 9th Res. Inf. Reg. Of the German army. They died on August 28, 1914 r. in the fighting near the village of Dröbnitz. In August 1993 the "Borussia" project began, the aim of which was to renovate the old cemetery. The "Borussia" project was successfully carried out from 1993-1998. Without this project, this memorial would be overgrown or forgotten forever. Unfortunately, all the metal panels on the crosses and the stone tablet were stolen. Nevertheless, it is worth a visit here.

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