Memorial or cemetery
Narva Garnisoni kalmistu
This cemetery was founded in 1919 for the men killed defending Narva in the War of Independence. It officially opened in 1921, when the War of Independence monument by Voldemar Mellik and Rudolf Sajor was finished at its centre. In 1927 the 194 wooden crosses were replaced with cast-iron ones. The central monument did not survive Soviet rule. In the 1960s the iron crosses were broken off the graves. In the 1970s, when Jõesuu Street was widened, the gateposts were destroyed and graves near the road were bulldozed. In 1995 the Vana-Narva Society began restoring the cemetery. The lost crosses were deliberately not remade, and some originals are kept in the Narva Museum. A new monument by Ants Viitmaa was unveiled on 15 June 1996.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kalmistu rajati 1919. aastal Vabadussõjas Narva kaitsmisel hukkunutele. Ametlikult avati see 1921. aastal, kui kalmistu keskele valmis Voldemar Melliku ja Rudolf Sajori Vabadussõja mälestussammas. 1927. aastal asendati 194 puuristi malmristidega. Keskne mälestussammas nõukogude aega üle ei elanud. 1960. aastatel murti kalmudelt maha malmristid. 1970. aastatel hävitati Jõesuu tänava laiendamisel väravapostid ja lükati segi teepoolsed hauad. 1995. aastal asus Vana-Narva Selts kalmistut taastama. Hävinud riste teadlikult ei taastatud ning osa algseid riste on hoiul Narva Muuseumis. Skulptor Ants Viitmaa kavandatud sammas taasavati 15. juunil 1996.