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Cemetery in Nizhnikovichi Nové

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Cemetery in Nizhnikovichi Nové

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).

According to Lewkowski and Walczak, the court cemetery in Dziewiatkowicze Nowe is a remnant of the former owners and the noble area. "The cemetery is located on the southern side of the village (...). It is located on a flat area and fenced with a stone rampart. It covers an area of 0.2 hectares. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Novogrudok region, established at the end of the 18th century with the preserved tombstones from 1796 to 1949. It is square in plan, without internal divisions." The oldest tombstone crowns the grave of priest Kajetan Więckowski (d. 1796) and bears the following inscription on the smoothed wall of a polished boulder: "KAJETAN WIĘCKOWSKI / KAPŁAN MAJĄCY / LAT 61 UMARŁŁ ROKU / 1796 DNIA 23 JULI / LEŻY TU POGRZEBIONY / PROSI O ZDROWAŚ MARIA".

Antoni Czeczot, President of Slonim County, is buried in the cemetery. Noteworthy is the ruin of the neo-Gothic burial chapel of Ludwik Kollupajla (d. 1850). The inscription on the chapel reads: 'LUDWIK KOŁŁUPAYŁO / UR. ON 25 AUGUST 1803 / + ON 13 JULY 1850 / GOD GREAT RECEIVE HIS SOUL TO YOURSELF / AND LET ME BE UNITED WITH HIM FOR EVER. The following inscription is also worthy of note: R. 1800 ŚLIZIENÓWNA KATARZYNA / JÓZEF I ANNY SMOLEŃSKICH'S / MOTHER / WOMAN'S DAUGHTER / CHANGED D. 12 1. THEY WILL REMEMBER / PEOPLE THAT (...)".

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, Dawid Mendrek
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