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Bekštanj / Finkenstein

In the new cemetery, which lies outside the village, to the west, there is a beautifully arranged partisan burial ground, where the fallen fighters are buried: Oto Vinček, died of wounds he received in battle; Ljubo Grabner-Vrhan, native of Zgornje Jezersko, fell on 19. November 1944 in Kopanje pod Jepo / Kopein unter dem Mittagskogel, buried there until 22 July 1945; Feliks Hobel-Janko, originally from Šentvid v Podjuni / St. Veit im Jauntal, fallen on 12 December 1944 at Trupi v Rute / Kreuth, reburied in the cemetery of Malošče / Mallestig on 22 July 1945; Janko Jaber-Kazimir, fallen on 5 June 1945 at Črniklovska skala / Črnikl-Felsen above Žužalče / Susalitsch, reburied on 22 July 1945; Jože Hodišek, fallen on 7 December 1944 in the Bistrica / Feistritz brook, reburied on 22 July 1945; by surname unidentified fighter Jože, fallen on 1 August 1944 at Kovač-Oman in Stobce / Stobitzen, reburied on 22 July 1945; Tonček Hobel, originally from Pogrče pri Šentvidu v Podjuni / Pogerschitzen bei St. Veit im Jauntal, killed on 19 November 1944, reburied on 28 October 1945; Stanko, fighter with unknown surname, killed in action on 19 November 1944 in Breznica / Friessnitz, reburied on 28 October 1945; Franc Gregori, killed on Grajšca planina, reburied on 28 October 1945.
The memorial, in the form of three stone squares, has the names of all the fallen combatants carved on it, arranged as follows:

Jože Hodišek, Janko Jaber-Kazimir, Oto Vinček, Borca
Jože in Stanko, Ljubo Grabner-Vrhan, Franc Gregori, Feliks
Hobel-Janko, Tonček Hobel

At the birthplace of Ljub Grabner in Jezersko, Slovenia, his relatives have attached a plaque commemorating him, the only son of the Grabner family.

Location:
The cemetery lies slightly outside the centre of Bekštanj / Finkenstein, on the left side of the road if you are heading towards Beljak / Villach or Podklošter / Arnoldstein.