Hut cemetery

Cross at the entrance

The hut cemetery ( Polish : Cmentarz Hutniczy ) is a former burial site in the urban area of Gliwice (German: Gleiwitz ).

The cemetery is located east of the inner city of Gliwice, at today's Robotnicza Street, the former Kalid Street.

history

The hut cemetery was laid out in 1808, the name and business are related to the Gleiwitzer hut. Until then, only Catholic church cemeteries existed in the city region. Industrialization, especially the iron and steel industry, made a new development in cemetery planning necessary. In 1922, an explosion destroyed the cemetery chapel in the center of the cemetery, killing 18 French soldiers from the Allied observation troops of the Government and Plebiscite Commission . In 1948 the cemetery was closed. The last burial took place in 1949.

During the Polonization in Gliwice in the early 1950s, the hut cemetery was destroyed, the grave slabs were partially damaged or destroyed, or their German inscriptions were removed.

The hut cemetery has been restored by a citizens' initiative since 2002. For this purpose, broken tombstones are put back together and set up and metal elements are repaired. In 2005 the tomb of the sculptor Theodor Kalide (1801–1863) was reconstructed.

• 

  Old picture of the hut cemetery

• 

  Occasional re-erected gravestones

• 

  Chipped German inscriptions

• 

  The grave of John Baildon

Buried

• John Baildon
• Theodor Kalide

swell

• Echo Slonska

Web links

Commons : Hüttenfriedhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The hut cemetery in Gleiwitz

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 26.2 "  N , 18 ° 41 ′ 36.6"  E