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Horodeczna cemetery

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Horodeczna cemetery

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography). According to Lewkowski and Walczak: "The active Catholic cemetery is located 100 m east of the asphalt road Nowogródek - Lubcz, 400 m south-east of the village buildings. (...) It is rectangular in plan, with an arched north-eastern corner, without division into plots and covers an area of 0.3 ha. It is fenced with a metal fence with the entrance on the north side. Opposite the entrance, on the north-south axis, there is a path running uphill to the chapel standing on top of the hill in the centre of the cemetery. The chapel forms the dominant feature of the site and is the oldest surviving burial place, dating from 1824. The cemetery is dominated by early 20th century and contemporary styleless gravestones. (...) The stand of trees in the cemetery is scattered, the area heavily overgrown with self-seeded mainly lilac bushes. "Inscription from the plaque on the chapel: "CHAPEL (...) TO THE GRAVE OF THE S. P. (...) / Z MACKIEWICZÓW / ABŁAMOWICZOWEY / ZMARŁEY 1824 R. MAY 5'. The inscription from Aleksander Barkowski's gravestone, which has the form of a cast-iron cross on a granite pedestal: "ALEKSANDER BARKOWSKI / LIVED 70 YEARS + 3 FEBRUARY 1885 / AND HIS WIFE LIVED 58 YEARS / + 29 APRIL 1882 / ASK FOR A HAIL MARY".

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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