Tombstone of Zygmunt Rymkiewicz, Ross cemetery, state of 2015, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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ID: NGR-005374-P

Tombstone of Zygmunt Rymkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-005374-P

Tombstone of Zygmunt Rymkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial site marked by cross on two-stage plinth and base. Cross on plinth. The first and second steps of the plinth with chamfered upper edges. On the front, panels with a frame where a relief floral motif is carved in the corners. In panels (1, 2) a relief inscription. On the panel a circular flowerbed and 4 pedestals originally connected by a cast iron chain.

Inscription:

1. S. + P. / ZYGMUNT / RYMKIEWICZ / GENERAŁ / zm. śmiercią tragiczną / dn. 27 I 1934 r. / w wieku lat 72. //.
2. Pokój jego duszy. //.

Related persons:

Zygmunt Rymkiewicz

Time of origin:

circa 1936

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 3a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 71

Dimensions:

363 x 131 x 198 cm

Additional dimensions:

vertical element: 250 x 76 x 51 cm.

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete, metal

Additional Information about materials:

plinth and finial made of granite, concrete base, fence made of granite pedestals and iron-alloy chain

Additional information:

According to Wacław Wejtka's note of 12 June 1936, the deceased was commemorated by an oak cross with a plaque bearing the inscription: S + P / Zygmunt - Henryk / Rymkiewicz / Generał - Brygady w stanie / spoczynku. Died / tragic death / on 27 January 1934 / at the age of 72 / Honour his memory //. This allows the tombstone to be dated after 1936. Zygmunt Henryk Rymkiewicz was murdered by thieves in his own flat while giving allowances to the poor.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

no chain from the fence.

Bibliography:

„Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.
Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021.
Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2015

Author of the documentation sheet:

Izabella Niemira, Elżbieta Sadoch, Agnieszka Robakiewicz

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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