Rakowicki Cemetery

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Felter family grave of the sculptor
Karol Hukan
A cemetery path
Grave sculpture

The Rakowicki Cemetery ( Polish : Cmentarz Rakowicki ), one of the largest in Krakow , was established in 1801-1802.

history

It was created on the suburban area of what was then the Rakowice suburb (however not within the village of Rakowice, but in the southern part of the Prądnik Czerwony municipality , which was incorporated into Kraków as Warszawskie in 1910 ) in connection with the ban on burials in church cemeteries within the city. The site was bought by the Austrian rulers, the costs of the facility were borne by the city of Krakow and the neighboring communities. The first funeral took place in January 1803. In 1862 a wooden chapel was built on the cemetery grounds. The cemetery was expanded several times (1863, 1865, 1908) and an army cemetery was set up on its site near 1920.

The necropolis is a burial place of the Krakow, simple as well as deserving citizens from culture and science, the heads of noble families, independence fighters, the participants in uprisings and wars like both world wars.

In the cemetery there are u. a. Quarters of participants in the November Uprising , January Uprising , Cracow Uprising , fallen soldiers of the First World War , members of the Polish Legion , participants in the attack near Rokitna , workers who died during the 1936 strike and participants in the Second World War , including soldiers from September 1939 , allies Pilots, partisans, victims of the Hitler crimes, Russian soldiers from the time of Krakow's liberation in 1945.

The cemetery is a sight of great historical and artistic value. Some of the graves are the work of well-known architects, u. a. Teofil Żebrawski, Feliks Księżarski, Sławomir Odrzywolski, Jakub Szczepkowski , and also sculptors such as Tadeusz Błotnicki, Wacław Szymanowski, Karol Huka and others.

In 1981 a “ Committee for the Rescue of the Rakowicki Cemetery ” was founded to collect money for the renovation of tombs of historical value, for example an occasional annual collection.

Graves of known deceased

It rests here among others:

The Austrian poet Georg Trakl (1887–1914) was reburied from here to Mühlau near Innsbruck in 1925 .

Illustrations

  • Friedhofsweg

  • Grave of the Lasocki family

  • Friedhofsweg

  • Dietl's grave

  • Apollo Korzeniowski

Web links

Commons : Rakowicki Cemetery  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 32 ″  N , 19 ° 57 ′ 14 ″  E