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Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-010953-P/82853

Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff

Rectangular tomb covered by a slab with a wall to the sides and rear and a cross in the centre on a three-tier plinth and base. The cross is chamfered, on a plinth. The first step of the plinth with chamfered upper edges. On the front a panel with corners decorated with bas-relief floral motifs, in it a bas-relief inscription (2), below an engraved signature. The second step of the plinth with moulded upper edges. On the front a panel with corners decorated with relief floral motifs, in which a relief inscription (1). The third step of the plinth tapering upwards, with chamfered upper edges. On the front a panel filled with low-relief floral motifs, enclosing an oval photograph on porcelain. The photograph shows a man in bust, facing 3/4 to the right. On the axis of the tomb there is a plinth at the front. On it and on the corners of the walls flaming vases. On the front a cast-iron chain.

Inscription:

1. Ś. P. / ADOLF / WENDORFF / OBYWATEL GUBER. MIŃSKIEJ / UR. 7 LUTEGO 1824 R. / ZM. 5 KWIET. 1904 R. //.
2. Pamięci drogiego Męża i Ojca, / stroskani żona, synowie i córka. //.

Time of origin:

ca. 1904

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 18d (Old Rossa) Tomb number 21

Dimensions:

550 x 350 x 270 cm

Additional dimensions:

vertical element: 340 x 123 x 84 (cm)

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, dark magmatic rocks (basalt, diabase, gabbro, monzonite and others), cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

concrete base, dark granite plinth, concrete pedestals, cast iron chain

Ceator's signature:

M. WOJTKIEWICZ. //.

Creator:

M. Wojtkiewicz (zakład kamieniarski; Wilno)

Additional information:

By the tomb a loose fragment resembling a beam, where a frieze with relief letters NT IN P (dimensions: 31 x 44 x 15, material: imitation marble). Perhaps the original inscription read "Requiescant in pace". According to the file of Wacław Wejtka (card no. 72), there was a tin plaque on the tomb with the inscription: Ś. + P. / Oskar / Wierzba-Wendorff / Engineer and landowner / aged 54 / Died 24. VI. 1928. //.

State of preservation:

corrosion, mosses, lichens, cavities

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.
  • Czyż Anna Sylwia, Gutowski Bartłomiej , „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie. Niezachowane pomniki na podstawie kartotek Wacława Wejtki, Lucjana Uziębły i Aleksandra Śnieżki”, Warszawa 2021, karta nr 72.

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

21.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Agata Worsztynowicz, Agnieszka Woźniak

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff, Na Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, state of 2013 Photo showing Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff Gallery of the object +2
Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff, Na Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, state of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Inscription of the tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff Gallery of the object +2
Inscription of the tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain
Signature of the tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013 Photo showing Tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff Gallery of the object +2
Signature of the tomb of Adolf Wendorff and Oskar Wierzba-Wendorff, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2013, photo autorzy karty, Public domain

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