List of cemeteries in Poland
The following is a list of selected cemeteries in Poland.
- Due to the complicated history of Poland millions of Poles are buried in former Poland (e.g. Lviv and Vilnius), the former Soviet Union (Katyn) or around the world in countries such as Iran and France.
- Rakowicki Cemetery, Kraków (Old Town). Buried, include pilots shot down over Poland with those originally buried in Warsaw, along with hundreds of Commonwealth of Nations casualties and prisoners of war who died during the German occupation.[3][4]
- Wawel Cathedral with tombs of Polish kings, Kraków (St. Leonard's Crypt)
- Skałka national Panthéon of some of the most distinguished Poles, Kraków
- New Jewish Cemetery, Kraków (Kazimierz district)
- Remah Cemetery, Kraków (Kazimierz)
- Jewish Cemetery of Podgórze (pl), Kraków (Podgórze district)
- Mogilski cemetery (pl), Kraków (Nowa Huta district)
- Prokocim cemetery (pl), Kraków (Prokocim)
- Salwatorski cemetery (pl), Kraków (Zwierzyniec)
- Tyniecki cemetery (pl), Kraków (Dębniki)
- Jewish cemetery of Chrzanów
- Bieńczyce-Dłubnia Military Cemetery number 398. A single grave of an Austrian soldier which was named a 'cemetery' by the War Graves Branch K&K of the Austrian Military Commandant's Office of Kraków (German: Kriegsgräber-Abteilung K.u.K. Militär-Kommando Krakau) located in the Kraków Fortress of district XI (Twierdza Kraków) in southern Poland.[5] For several decades, the grave was located near the contemporary Makuszyński street.[6] It was removed in the mid 20th century during the construction of a major thoroughfare.
- Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw (Wola district)
- Bródno Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw (Targówek district)
- Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery (Wola)
- Soviet Military Cemetery, Warsaw
- Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw (one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the world)[7]
- Palmiry massacre Cemetery
- Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery, Warsaw
- Protestant Reformed Cemetery, Warsaw
- Orthodox Cemetery, Warsaw
- Jewish Cemeteries in:
- Lipsk nad Bierbzą
- Suwałki
- Sejny
- Białystok
- Jedwabne (matzevot missing and/or destroyed)
- Augustów
- Multiple other cemeteries (in varying conditions of preservation and maintenance)
- Lipka Tatar Cemetery in Kruszyniany (Muslim Cemetery))
- Multiple Roman and Greek (including Russian Orthodox) Catholic cemeteries, including in Krynki
Notes
- ^ Gazeta Krakow.pl (October 29, 2008), ""Zwiedzamy Cmentarz Rakowicki" (Touring the Rakowicki Cemetery)" (PDF).[permanent dead link] (328 KB)
- ^ A multilingual brochure available for the visitors, called "Zwiedzamy Cmentarz Rakowicki" (A visit to the Rakowicki Cemetery) with a map describing a two-hour walk; published by Zarząd Cmentarzy Komunalnych w Krakowie.
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery
- ^ Szymon Madej, Kraków Military Cemetery
- ^ Mirosław Łopata (2007). "Cmentarz nr 398 - Bieńczyce-Dłubnia" [Bieńczyce-Dłubnia Military Cemetery number 398].
Source: Broch Rudolf, Hauptmann Hans. Westgalizische Heldengraeber aus den Jahren des Weltkrieges 1914-1915, Wien 1918.
- ^ Mapakrakow.pl. "Przystanek: Makuszyńskiego". Nowa Mapa Krakowa.
- ^ Virtual Shtetl, Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery. Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Museum of the History of Polish Jews 2016.