The Olomouc Town Hall wants to renovate the mausoleum of Yugoslav soldiers
Olomouc - The Olomouc Town Hall has prepared a reconstruction of the mausoleum of Yugoslav soldiers in Bezručovy Sady, which for years no one has claimed ownership of. The city wants to first acquire the dilapidated monument into its property and then, with the help of subsidies from the Ministry of Defense and the regional office, intends to repair it. The costs for the restoration of the mausoleum are expected to amount to approximately nine million crowns.
The Deputy Mayor Ladislav Šnevajs (KDU-ČSL) told reporters today that the town hall has already submitted a declaratory action to the District Court in Olomouc, which should allow it to become the owner of the mausoleum in the first half of this year. "It shouldn't be a problem because we have managed to obtain the consent of all the successor states of the former Yugoslavia," he stated.
The town hall has also prepared project documentation and requested a subsidy from the Ministry of Defense from a program focused on the repair of war graves. "The amount we can request each year is approximately two million crowns," Šnevajs added. The regional office is expected to contribute half a million crowns annually, and the town hall will negotiate with the successor states of the former Yugoslavia to see if they would contribute to the repairs.
In the first phase, which is estimated to cost around 4.5 million crowns, the entrance staircase and terraces of the mausoleum will be repaired. "The second phase focused on the repair of the above-ground part of the mausoleum, the roof, and the outer shell would be of a similar scale," Šnevajs added. In the future, the crypt, which contains the remains of more than 1300 soldiers who fell in World War I, is also expected to be repaired.
The mausoleum of Yugoslav soldiers is a structure in the style of monumental neoclassicism from 1926, designed by architect Hubert Aust. The mausoleum was built at the expense of the Czechoslovak-Yugoslav League to house the remains of 1188 Yugoslav soldiers who died in Olomouc military hospitals during World War I. Later, the remains of soldiers from other parts of the country were also brought to the mausoleum. Since 1958, the mausoleum has been registered as a cultural monument. Its current condition has been affected by vandals and natural elements in the past.
Šnevajs reminded that in 2009, with the help of subsidies from the Ministry of Defense, the Olomouc Town Hall repaired the graves of soldiers who fell in World War II at the cemetery in Olomouc-Neředín. With the help of subsidies, the military cemetery in Olomouc-Černovír, which holds the remains of victims of World War I, was also reconstructed.
The Deputy Mayor Ladislav Šnevajs (KDU-ČSL) told reporters today that the town hall has already submitted a declaratory action to the District Court in Olomouc, which should allow it to become the owner of the mausoleum in the first half of this year. "It shouldn't be a problem because we have managed to obtain the consent of all the successor states of the former Yugoslavia," he stated.
The town hall has also prepared project documentation and requested a subsidy from the Ministry of Defense from a program focused on the repair of war graves. "The amount we can request each year is approximately two million crowns," Šnevajs added. The regional office is expected to contribute half a million crowns annually, and the town hall will negotiate with the successor states of the former Yugoslavia to see if they would contribute to the repairs.
In the first phase, which is estimated to cost around 4.5 million crowns, the entrance staircase and terraces of the mausoleum will be repaired. "The second phase focused on the repair of the above-ground part of the mausoleum, the roof, and the outer shell would be of a similar scale," Šnevajs added. In the future, the crypt, which contains the remains of more than 1300 soldiers who fell in World War I, is also expected to be repaired.
The mausoleum of Yugoslav soldiers is a structure in the style of monumental neoclassicism from 1926, designed by architect Hubert Aust. The mausoleum was built at the expense of the Czechoslovak-Yugoslav League to house the remains of 1188 Yugoslav soldiers who died in Olomouc military hospitals during World War I. Later, the remains of soldiers from other parts of the country were also brought to the mausoleum. Since 1958, the mausoleum has been registered as a cultural monument. Its current condition has been affected by vandals and natural elements in the past.
Šnevajs reminded that in 2009, with the help of subsidies from the Ministry of Defense, the Olomouc Town Hall repaired the graves of soldiers who fell in World War II at the cemetery in Olomouc-Neředín. With the help of subsidies, the military cemetery in Olomouc-Černovír, which holds the remains of victims of World War I, was also reconstructed.
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