New cemetery in Zakopane
The new cemetery in Zakopane (Polish: Nowy Cmentarz w Zakopanem ) was established in 1908.
history
The decision to build a new cemetery was made in 1904 after the burial places in the old cemetery of honor ran out. The first burial took place in 1907, but the cemetery was only inaugurated in 1908 by Pastor Kazimierz Kaszelewski. The cemetery also houses the Zakopane War Cemetery No. 378 from the First World War , where fallen soldiers of the Polish Legions from the Podhale region found their final resting place. The cemetery chapel was built in 1924. The cemetery was enlarged in 1925 and 1986. Executions took place in the cemetery during World War II . A memorial commemorates the victims. A total of around 25,000 people are buried here. In the cemetery there are graves of important people, especially clergy, artists, writers, musicians, mountain guides, mountaineers, winter sports enthusiasts, as well as alpinists who have died in the Tatras . Funerals of popular Zakopans often took place, attended by several thousand mourners.
location
The cemetery is located in the center of Zakopane. In the immediate vicinity is the Zakopianka street at the confluence of the Bystra mountain stream with the Zakopianka .
Graves of known deceased
It rests here among others:
- Klemens Bachleda (VI-BC-14)
- Stanisław Barabasz (XV-BC-1)
- Krzysztof Berbeka (VI-BC-7)
- Wincenty Birkenmajer (XVI-4-19)
- Włodzimierz Błocki (XHl-CD-6)
- Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz (XII-AB-1 military cemetery)
- Wojciech Brzega (XVII-3-1)
- Tadeusz Brzozowski (XXI-AD-24)
- Franciszek Bujak (XX-CB-1)
- Józef Cukier (U-BA-1)
- Zefiryn Ćwikliński (XXII-CD-5)
- Janusz Domaniewski (XXV-2-5)
- Andrzej Galica (XIII-AB - Military Cemetery)
- Michał Gałązka
- Izydor Gąsienica-Łuszczek
- Stanisław Gąsienica-Sieczka (V-BC-14)
- Jan Gąsienica-Szostak
- Anna Górska and Michał Górski (Vl-CD-9)
- Ruth Hale (XXI-AD to-1)
- Marek Jackowski (catacombs)
- Michał Jagiełło
- Marian Januszajtis-Żegota (XIII-AB- Military Cemetery)
- Józef Januszkowski (XX-AD to-11)
- Kazimierz Jarociński (V-3-8)
- Janusz Kotarbiński (XXII-BC-11)
- Stanisław Krzeptowski (VI-3-10)
- Jan Kula
- Jerzy Leporowski (VIII-5-3)
- Maksymilian Linda
- Tadeusz Litawiński (IV-BC-12)
- Eugeniusz Małaczewski (XXIV-AB-7)
- Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska (XIII-AB)
- Aleksander Mniszek-Tchorznicki
- Zdzisław Motyka (VIII-2-6)
- Bartłomiej Obrochta (XVII-4-2)
- Jozef Oppenheim (X-2-3)
- Jadwiga Pierzchalanka (IV-13-14)
- Zofia de Pourbaix
- Karol Raczkowski
- Jan Ripper (XLIV-5-l)
- Jadwiga Roguska (XLIV-5-l)
- Wojciech Roj (młodszy) (XXV-AB-2)
- Wojciech Roj (starszy) (VII-BC-6)
- Zygmunt Rozwadowski
- Wit Maciej Rzepecki
- Kazimierz Schiele and Tadeusz Schiele (III-1-6)
- Helena Sikorska (XX-CD-6)
- Lida Skotnicówna (XXIX-AB-1)
- Marzena Skotnicówna (XXIX-AB-1)
- Katarzyna Smreczyńska (XVI-4-19)
- Mieczysław Szczuka (XII-5-6)
- Mieczysław Świerz (XXIX-AD-1)
- Antoni Święch (XXII-CD-3)
- Szymon Tatar (VII-4-6)
- Julia Tetmajerowa - mother of Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (VII-AB-3)
- Andrzej Tylka-Suleja
- Józef Uznański
- Franciszek Wagner (XIII-2-2)
- Alfred Whitehead
- Stanisław Zdyb (XXIV-CB-3)
- Julian Zubczewski (XX-CD-6)
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See also
- Cmentarz Zasłużonych na Pęksowym Brzyzku
- Jewish cemetery in Zakopane
- Military cemetery No. 378 in Zakopane
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 6 ″ N , 19 ° 57 ′ 11 ″ E
literature
- Maciej Pinkwart, Janusz Zdebski: Nowy cmentarz w Zakopanem - Przewodnik biograficzny. Warszawa-Kraków: Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj", 1988.