WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Kauhava, Kauhavan alueseurakunnan sankarihautausmaa

Kauhava

Period
1940
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 218 graves. Memorial designed by Johannes Haapasalo. Unveiled 1947.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”Rukoileva sotilas”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Kirkkotie 5, 62200 Kauhava. Muistopaikka. Käyttäydy kunnioittavasti ja noudata alueen omia ohjeita.

Related photographs

Photographs of the same subject from the same municipality. They do not show this site — each caption says what it actually shows.

Recorded casualties in the area

Kauhava
19

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

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Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)