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Druja cemetery

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Druja cemetery

1 The church cemetery is located next to the Holy Trinity Church from 1643-1646. The cemetery is located on the west side of the church square. In the cemetery, near the fence, 2 gravestones have been preserved. These are two granite pedestals dedicated to Michał Błahueszewski from 1905, and to Rev Wiktor Wiński from 1912. The inscriptions of both tombstones have been preserved: /Ś . P. KS. WIKTOR WINSKI/UR. 14 X 1889 2M. 15 VI 1912/PR. MICHAE BLAHUSZEWSKI UM. 18 MAY 1905 / HE LIVED 67 YEARS / HERE I LIVED HERE I DIED / PRAY FOR ME / THE DISTRESSED NIECE / IS PUTTING UP THIS MONUMENT/. A symbolic cenotaph, in the form of a simplified aedicula, dedicated to the memory of the Marian Fathers has been preserved at the graves.
2 The active Catholic cemetery, established in the first half of the 19th century, is located in the south-western part of the town, about 600 m from the church. The rectangular-plan cemetery, located on a high river bank, covers an area of 1.1 ha and is fenced with a mesh fence with an entrance gate on the southern side. A pathway running through the entire site divides it into two parts of different sizes. The cemetery is dominated by burials from the 1st half of the 19th century and contemporary burials. The oldest graves are located in the central-eastern part of the cemetery and date from the 1840s. The oldest grave, in the form of a rostrum with a cuboidal pedestal ending in a slanting pulpit, from 1844, is that of Rosalia Mareżek. The preserved inscription reads: / ROSALIA/ MAREŻKA/ 27 DECEMBRA/ 1844 R./.
The Jewish cemetery is located in the south-western part of the village, about 1.2 km from the market square. The cemetery was established in the second half of the 18th century. The foundation, located on undulating, irregular terrain, covers an area of 2.1 ha and is not fenced. Approximately 1,200 matzevot have been preserved, freely located throughout the area. As described by the authors, "the majority of them are tombstones made of granite cut into vertical slabs with various forms of endings - straight, triangular or flattened arches, parabolic, concave-convex. The fields of the smoothed surfaces of the tombstones are filled with inscription text and floral symbols and Stars of David. Many of the tombstones have inscriptions underpainted in black or blue, there are painted ornaments and geometric compositions in blue, black, green, shades of red and ochre'. Most of the tombstones are broken and shabby.
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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