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Cemetery in Dzierkowszczyzna

ID: dok-000669-P/89219

Cemetery in Dzierkowszczyzna

A disused Catholic cemetery, established in the first half of the 19th century, located on the western edge of the village. The square-plan cemetery, located on a slight hill, covers an area of approximately 225 m2 and is fenced with a rampart of field stones with an entrance from the north. The internal layout of the cemetery is illegible. The oldest gravestone in the cemetery - that of Apollonia of Stacewiczów Buszowa from 1847 - has the form of a vertical granite slab ending in an elliptical arch. The calligraphic inscription has been preserved: / Ś. P. APOLLONII/ Z STACEWICZÓW/ BUSZOWEJ/ ZM. D. 31 MARCH/ 1847/ GOD HAVE MERCY ON HER SOUL/. The cemetery is very difficult to get to, the area is overgrown with dense bushes and vegetation.
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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