Military cemetery in Hradčany, Military cemetery and cultural monument in Hradčany, Czech Republic.

The Military Cemetery in Hradčany is a disused burial ground on Patočkova Street, set on bastions X and XI of the baroque fortifications and the curtain wall between them. About 155 memorial plaques were recorded in 1937, of which roughly a fifth survive, some set into the fortification walls and others standing as stelae.

Founded in 1786 for the garrison of the Prague Artillery Regiment, the cemetery also received soldiers of other branches and, after the Malostranský cemetery in Košíře closed, civilian burials. It was most used during the Napoleonic Wars and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The military administration closed it on 6 June 1898 and the city bought it in 1910.

The cemetery's name recalls its origin as an artillery burial ground founded in 1786 for the Prague Artillery Regiment garrison. Among the tombstones, visitors can spot the most ornate one, that of Major General Wenzel Schipka of Blumenfeld, whose coat of arms was carved upside down because he was the last of his line.

The cemetery is located near Prague Castle and is open to visitors daily without any entrance fee. Informational plaques in various languages help explain the history and provide context for the graves you will see.

The cemetery lies on the bastions X (of St. Francis Borgia) and XI (Kamenný) of the baroque fortifications below Prague Castle, and its gravestones are set directly into the rampart walls. About 155 such wall plaques were recorded in 1937; roughly a fifth survive today.