Initially, the cemetery was much larger, but it was partially taken over by private, newer burials. The semi-circular colonnade surrounding the tall central obelisk with a sculpture of the knight leaning on a large sword is the most characteristic element of the cemetery that is visible from afar. The cemetery is the burial site of 905 Austro-Hungarian, 119 German and 252 Russian soldiers who were killed in action in November and December of 1914, and who also died in the subsequent months in the hospitals of Nowy Sącz.