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Cemetery in Koldychev

Cemetery in Koldychev

Catholic cemetery with Polish grave monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography). According to Lewkowski and Walczak, the cemetery has a rectangular plan and an area of approximately 800 m². It was created in the first half of the 19th century. The oldest gravestone commemorates Józef Filipowicz. It has the form of an imposing brick obelisk. The inscription reads: "JÓZEFOWI / FILIPOWICZOWI / WUJOWI / DOBRODZIEJOWI / POMNIK". According to the aforementioned researchers, "the Filipowiczs were the owners of Koldychev until the mid-19th century." They also report that "several dozen unstyled tombstones mostly from the 1st half of the 20th century have been preserved in the cemetery."

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

Publication:

26.09.2022

Last updated:

20.01.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Dawid Mendrek
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