ID: NGR-009186-P

Tombstone of Alexander and Edward Karnicki

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-009186-P

Tombstone of Alexander and Edward Karnicki

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial place marked by a stele tapering upwards in a band. In the upper part of the stele inscribed with a Greek cross, below originally three tablets. On the upper tablet an unpreserved bas-relief, below an engraved inscription.

Inscription:

Ś. + P. / PROF. DR. MED. / ALEKSANDER. KARNICKI / DYREKTOR PAŃSTW SZKOŁY / POŁOŻNYCH 1872 + 1935 //.
Ś. + P. / EDWARD KARNICKI / ABSOLWENT SZKOŁY PRAWA / I VNIW PETERSB PREZES STOW / MŁODZIEŻY POLSK W PETERSB / 1898 + 1920 POCHW W PETERSB. //.

Related persons:

Aleksander Karnicki
Edward Karnicki

Time of origin:

1937-1939

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 2 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 30

Dimensions:

215 x 126 x 171 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional information:

According to Wacław Wejtka's file, the gravestone was originally in the form of a wooden cross with a tin plaque bearing the inscription: S + P / Aleksander / Karnicki / Profesor. Dr. of Medicine / Director of the State School / Obstetrics / Died. School / Obstetrics / Died on 16/XI 1935 / at the age of 63. / Peace to His Soul //. The corpse was moved, from the catacombs, to its present location in 1936.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, Non-preserved inscription plaque, cracks, cavities

Bibliography:

Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 205-206.
Małachowicz Edmund. „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie”, Wrocław 1993.
Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Monika Gałwa, Marcin Sosnowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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