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Tombstone of Alexander and Edward Karnicki

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-009186-P

Tombstone of Alexander and Edward Karnicki

Burial place marked by a stele tapering upwards in a band. In the upper part of the stele inscribed with a Greek cross, below originally three tablets. On the upper tablet an unpreserved bas-relief, below an engraved inscription.
Inscription:
Ś. + P. / PROF. DR. MED. / ALEKSANDER. KARNICKI / DYREKTOR PAŃSTW SZKOŁY / POŁOŻNYCH 1872 + 1935 //.
Ś. + P. / EDWARD KARNICKI / ABSOLWENT SZKOŁY PRAWA / I VNIW PETERSB PREZES STOW / MŁODZIEŻY POLSK W PETERSB / 1898 + 1920 POCHW W PETERSB. //.
Time of origin:
1937-1939
Lokalizacja nagrobka:
Sector number 2 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 30
Dimensions:
215 x 126 x 171 cm
Materials:
concrete/jewel concrete, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)
Additional information:
According to Wacław Wejtka's file, the gravestone was originally in the form of a wooden cross with a tin plaque bearing the inscription: S + P / Aleksander / Karnicki / Profesor. Dr. of Medicine / Director of the State School / Obstetrics / Died. School / Obstetrics / Died on 16/XI 1935 / at the age of 63. / Peace to His Soul //. The corpse was moved, from the catacombs, to its present location in 1936.
State of preservation:
mosses, lichens, Non-preserved inscription plaque, cracks, cavities
Bibliography:
  • Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 205-206.
  • Małachowicz Edmund. „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie”, Wrocław 1993.
  • Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.
Date of documentation:
2013
Author of the documentation sheet:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Monika Gałwa, Marcin Sosnowski
Development / approval of the documentation sheet:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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