Sokolov is a town of about 22,000 inhabitants that is completing the first stage of the renewal of its municipal cemetery in 2026.
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Sokolov is a town of about 22,000 inhabitants.[1] In the past the town invested in renewing the car park at the municipal cemetery and in repairs to the ceremonial hall and the entrance areas.[1]
Municipal cemetery
In 2026 the town is completing the first stage of the cemetery's renewal, which cost roughly 15.6 million crowns. It added 160 places in columbaria, 51 coffin graves and 618 urn graves. The columbaria stand on the slope in five rows, and their front sides alternate between glass and stone. The grave areas are divided by hedges whose shape, seen from above, resembles fingerprints. According to the town hall's spokesperson, the cemetery is to undergo further substantial work.[1] According to town hall spokesperson Michal Švarc, building the memorial site cost 1.5 million crowns. [1] Next to the municipal cemetery a memorial site called Svatava was created, with a commemorative book titled Family Album, which commemorates women from the Svatava concentration camp buried in 1945 in a mass grave behind the cemetery wall. [1]
Chronology
- — A memorial site called Svatava, with a commemorative book, was opened by the cemetery in Sokolov; it commemorates women from the concentration camp in Svatava who were buried in 1945 in a mass grave. → iROZHLAS Karlovarská Drbna
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Sources
- Karlovarská Drbna — 3 October 2026