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Cemetery in Snów

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Cemetery in Snów

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
According to Anna Lewkowska, Jacek Lewkowski and Wojciech Walczak, the active Catholic cemetery is located in the north-western part of the village. It has a rectangular plan and a 0.6 ha area fenced with a wooden fence. It is divided by an alley into two parts - eastern and western. It was created in the second half of the 19th century. Several burials have survived from this period. Most are contemporary and from the 1st half of the 20th century. The oldest one, from 1870, is located at the burial place of Barbara Ratkiewicz and has the form of a granite slab with the inscription: "S. P. BARBARA / RATKIEWICZOWA / LIVED 74 YEARS / UM. 1870 R. / 9 / APRIL". Also noteworthy are the following inscriptions: "JAN / RELISZKO / LIEUTENANT-COLONEL / LONG-SERVING D-CA 27 P. U UR. 24 XII 1886 R. / DIED. 30 I 1937 R. KNIGHT OF THE VIRTUTTI MILITARI ORDER / THREE TIMES THE CROSS OF VALOUR / GOLDEN CROSS OF MERIT AND OTHERS / TO HIS BELOVED J. P. / to his beloved JANK / WIFE AND BROTHER" and "JAN KRZEMIENIECKI / PLUT. BAONU - SNÓW / B. 1908 R. / DIED IN SERVICE / FROM A TRAITOR'S BULLET / DN. 5 APRIL. 1936 R. / TO HIS FELLOW NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS. /"
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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