Tombstone of Karol Suchanek

Karviná | Czech Republic

Evangelical cemetery in Karviná

ID: NGR-012809-P

Tombstone of Karol Suchanek

Karviná | Czech Republic

The burial site was originally marked by a stele on a concrete plinth and base. The stele, now overturned, is made of sandstone topped with a cross, framed on the sides with earworms. On the front, the inscription field framed by a stepped frame, repeating the shape of the stele. On the front side of the stele there is a cast-iron mount without a preserved decorative element (probably a lamp).

Inscription:

TU / ODPO [CZYWA] W PANU / [KAROL/SUCHANEK / [ 28.10.1890 + 14.11] 1917 / [NIESZCZEŚLI [WYM] WYPADKIEM / W NIEUTULONYM / ŻALU ZOSTAWIŁA / ŻONA I DZIECIĘ / NIECHAJ BĘDZIE MU SŁODKI ODPOCZYUNEK!//.

Time of origin:

First half of the 20th century.

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 6

Dimensions:

185 x 240 x 295 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, sandstone, cast iron

Additional Information about materials:

finial - sandstone; mining lamp remains - cast iron

Additional information:

The gravestone of a miner who died in a mining disaster. Tombstones of miners who died in the same disaster are located in the cemeteries: Karviná Mexico and Karviná Doły. A second tombstone of a miner who died in the same disaster was also located on a common base. The tombstone unearthed from the ground.

State of preservation:

destruct, numerous cavities, mosses, lichens, fragmented structure

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Cast iron mount for a miner's lamp on a gravestone. Lamp not preserved. Damaged cross on finial, letters falling off.

Date of documentation:

2022

Publikacja:

29.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Agnieszka Rutkowska

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski