Budapest War Cemetery

Country Hungary
Total identified casualties 207 Find these casualties
Identified casualties from First & Second World War
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 47.60082, Longitude: 18.95696

Location information

Budapest War Cemetery is 16 kilometres to the north west of the city. Take Route 10 from the city centre, in the direction of Dorog. Keep going for 14 kilometres from the city centre until you reach a large Auchan Hypermarket. At the roundabout take the first exit for Dorog and continue for about 500 metres. Then on your left take the small road leading to the village of Solymar. The cemetery is immediately on your left with a small car park to the rear.

Visiting information

ARRIVAL

The route to the cemetery is signposted.

PARKING

Close to the cemetery is a large car park with space for numerous vehicles. The car park is flat with a concrete surface. A path leads from the car park to the main entrance.

ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE

A rectangular shaped cemetery, with a central Cross of Sacrifice.

The main entrance offers step free, flat access with a 1.20 metre latched metal double gate.

All internal paths are grass, the ground is level.

There is a single seating area with a stone bench at the furthest point from the main entrance.

There is a historical notice panel on a low concrete plinth in front of the right-hand pillar at the main entrance gate on the inside of the cemetery.

ALTERNATIVE ACCESS

There is no alternative access to the cemetery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The cemetery is permanently open.

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History information

Budapest War Cemetery contains 173 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, all of them airmen whose graves were brought in from sites all over Hungary after the war. 3 of these burials are unidentified. The single First World War burial was moved to the cemetery from Rascalmas Roman Catholic Cemetery in 1958.

The cemetery also contains one French and 37 Polish War Graves.