Symbolický cintorín, Tatra National Park

The Tatra symbolic cemetery, formerly a symbolic cemetery of the victims of the Tatra Mountains - a symbolic cemetery located on the western slopes of Osterwa in the High Tatras. It is located southeast of Poprad's pond at the outlet of the Złomisk Valley to the main branch of the Mięguszowiecka Valley.

The design of the cemetery in 1922 was put out by the Czech mountaineer, skier and painter, Otakar Štáfl. Construction moved forward thanks to the help of KSST, later KSTL. The place was chosen in 1934. Two years later, a stone chapel of the Robert Vosyka project was created, the whole was opened on August 11, 1940. The ceremony was attended by the President of Slovakia, Jozef Tiso. One of the main creators of the cemetery was Alojz Lutonský. A motto was placed in the cemetery: mŕtvym on a souvenir, Živým pre výstrahu.

Štáfl was guided by the idea of ​​abandoning the plaques of the victims of the Tatra Mountains in the places of their tragic death. First of all, commemorative plaques placed in various parts of the Tatra Mountains were collected here by the families of the dead, later new ones were added. Later, 60 painted wooden crosses made by a sculptor from the village of Detva, Jozef Fekiač-šumni, and his younger brother Ján. Currently, there are about 300 boards commemorating over 400 people in the cemetery. Among them you can find Polish names. The boards commemorate, among others Klemens Bachleda, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Wiesław Stanisławski, Witold Wojnar, Tadeusz Strumiłło, Jan Długosz, brothers Jerzy and Wojciech Biederman, as well as TOPR rescuers Janusz Kubica and Stanisław Mateja Torbiarz and pilots of "Sokol" Bogusław Arendarczyk and Janusz Rybicki, who died in the air catastrophe, in the Olczyska Valley. There are plaques dedicated to people associated with the Tatras who died elsewhere, e.g. in other mountains. In this way they were commemorated, among others The originator of the Otakar Štáfl cemetery and his wife Vlasta Štáflová, Wawrzyniec Żuławski, Stanisław Groński, Jerzy Kukuczka, Piotr Morawski, Samuel Skierski, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Aleksander Ostrowski.

From 1969, the cemetery has been looked after by the Slovak Tatra National Park. In 1970, the object was entered in the register of national souvenirs. New boards have been installed since 2003 by employees of the Tanap Field Service Center. They are decided by the Commission at the Park Directorate.

The cemetery is symbolic and international - it commemorates the victims of the mountains of various nationalities.