Tombstone of Jozef Gociewicz, Karolina Salmonowicz and Kazimierz Wimbor, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013., photo autorzy karty, Public domain
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Tombstone of Józef Gościewicz, Karolina Salmonowicz and Kazimierz Wimbor

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-010215-P

Tombstone of Józef Gościewicz, Karolina Salmonowicz and Kazimierz Wimbor

Vilnius | Lithuania

Burial site marked by an iron wrought-iron cross on a base with fencing. The arms of the cross enclosed by moulded arrowhead elements. Arms decorated with wrought iron volutes. Two secondary inscription plaques, granite, fixed to the vertical arm of the cross by screws, one (1) below the other (2). Fence square in plan, with four plinths at corners, connected by metal bars. The plinths in the form of a standing cylinder with a rounded top edge.

Inscription:

1. Kazimierz Wimbor / z Wimbor / 1887-1927 / Józef Gościewicz / z Wędzgola / 1831-1921 //.
2. Karolina z Gościewiczów / Salmonowiczowa / z Goszczun / 1893 - 1930 //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1940

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 17 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 17

Dimensions:

150 x 65 x 36 cm

Additional dimensions:

fence: 46 x 250 x 250 (cm)

Materials:

iron, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

granite base and inscription plaques, cross and iron fence

Additional information:

According to Wacław Wejtka's file, the metal coffin with the corpse of Karolina Salmonowicz was located in the basement of the cemetery chapel, "under the back wall". It bore the inscription: S. + P. / z Gościewiczów / Karolina / SALMONOWICZOWA / lived 37 years / Died d. 26 April 1931 //. According to Wacław Wejtka's records, dated February 1937, Józef Gościewicz was buried in the vaults of the cemetery chapel, "under the back wall". Inscription on a tin plate: S + P. / Józef / Gościewicz / Born 1831. Died 30. VII. 1923. / Peace be unto his / Soul //. According to the file of Wacław Wejtka, dated 1936, the gravestone of Kazimierz Wimbor was originally in the form of a wooden cross with a tin plate and inscription: S + P / Kazimierz / Wimbor / Commissioner of the Government / of the City of Vilnius / died 24 January 1927 / at the age of 39 //. The information allows dating the gravestone after 1937.

State of preservation:

corrosion

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

secondary inscription plaques

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.

Keywords:

cross (without plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

16.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Maja Lipiec, Sandra Zagajna

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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

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