Tampere, Messukylän Hautausmaa

Period: 1939
Category: War cemetery
Location accuracy: Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 89 graves. Memorial designed by Richard Rautalin. Unveiled 1947.

Access and getting there

Osoite: Messukylänkatu 54, 33700 Tampere. 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.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

7 October 1939
59. Rask.Liik.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
7 October 1939
52. Kev.It.KKJ:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
7 October 1939
51. Kev.It.KKJ:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
8 October 1939
11. Kev.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
12 October 1939
3. Krh.K/KT-Pr:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
12 October 1939
X/KT-Pr:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
21 October 1939
MekKoulu:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
31 October 1939
58. Rask.It.KKJ:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
31 October 1939
59. Rask.It.KKJ:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
8 November 1939
60. Rask.Liik.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.
Troop movement · Tampere · 5,0 km
Troop movement
Ilm.V:n keskittäminen.
Tampere · 5,0 km

Recorded casualties in the area

Tampere: 91

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