Österreicherdenkmal, War cemetery in Ritzebüttel, Cuxhaven, Germany

The Österreicherdenkmal is a four-metre-high obelisk in the Martins-Kirchengemeinde cemetery in Cuxhaven-Ritzebüttel, topped with a gilded double-headed eagle. It stands at the centre of a plot where 51 Austrian k.k. Navy dead from the 1864 Battle of Heligoland are buried, their names inscribed on the monument. Anchor chains from the frigate Schwarzenberg are stretched between round stone pillars carrying cannonballs.

The cemetery area was purchased by Emperor Franz Joseph for the 51 Austrian sailors who died in the 1864 naval battle off Heligoland, and a monument was erected at its centre. The four-metre obelisk, topped with a gilded double-headed eagle, bears their names. Anchor chains from the frigate Schwarzenberg, which was set on fire in the battle, are stretched between round stone pillars carrying cannonballs.

The obelisk is framed by anchor chains from the frigate Schwarzenberg, strung between round stone pillars topped with cannonballs. The 51 dead are named on the monument, and Austrian navy comradeship associations, the Austrian Black Cross and the city of Cuxhaven still visit and maintain the graves.

The grave field lies on the Martins-Kirchengemeinde cemetery in Cuxhaven-Ritzebüttel, where the obelisk stands in the middle of the plot. The graves are arranged around the monument, whose base is framed by anchor chains of the Schwarzenberg strung between round stone pillars carrying cannonballs. The site is maintained by the Austrian Black Cross, the parish, and the Admiral Tegetthoff and Admiral Ruge naval comradeship associations.

The monument is a four-metre obelisk crowned by a gilded double-headed eagle, and it is framed by anchor chains from the frigate Schwarzenberg, strung between round stone pillars topped with cannonballs. The 51 dead are listed by name on the monument itself.