Part of Karolina Hofman’s gravestone, Złoczów cemetery, Ukraine, photo 2019
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Photo showing Karolina Hofman’s gravestone

Karolina Hofman’s gravestone, Złoczów cemetery, Ukraine, photo 2019
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Akcja Kultura, License terms and conditions

Inscription plaque from the gravestone of Karolina Hofman, Złoczów Cemetery, Ukraine, photo 2019
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Akcja Kultura, License terms and conditions

Karolina Hofman’s gravestone

Золочів | Ukraine

The cemetery in Złoczów

Karolina Hofman’s gravestone

Золочів | Ukraine
The cemetery in Złoczów

The burial site is marked by an obelisk on a plinth and a two-tiered base. The obelisk bears an engraved cross, with a cast-iron hook below it. The second tier of the base has bevelled upper edges. The plinth is topped with elaborate mouldings; the side walls are moulded at the bottom; at the front, there is a panel with a plaque bearing an engraved inscription, followed by geometric decoration after the fifth line.

Inscription:

Tu / spoczywają zwłoki ś. p. / KAROLINY z PUNSCHERTOW / HOFMANOWEJ / wdowy po c.k. kontrolorze kasy zbiorowej / ur: 29. lipca 1818. zm: 20. grudnia 1888. / Ku wiecznej pamięci drogiej Matce. / wdzięczne córki. //.

Related persons:

Karolina Hofman

Time of construction:

1889–1892

Tombstone location:

Sector number 3n Tomb number 7

Dimensions:

205 x 92 x 70 cm

Additional dimensions:

height of the finial: 148 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

granite (inscription plaque), cast iron (hook)

Additional information:

the seventh and eighth lines of the inscription, written in italics

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Keywords:

obelisk (tombstone type), cross (without plinth), tablica (nagrobek), gravestone monument, Polish tombstones in Ukraine

Date of documentation:

2019

Publication:

20.04.2026

Last updated:

20.04.2026

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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A photograph of a grave in a cemetery, marked by a tall stone obelisk on a stepped plinth featuring an engraved cross and a small cast-iron hook, surrounded by other crosses and gravestones

A photograph of a grave in a cemetery, marked by a stone obelisk on a plinth with a two-tiered base, featuring an engraved cross and a small metal hook, as well as a panel for the inscription

A photograph of a stone gravestone plinth with a panel and a worn-away engraved inscription

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Karolina Hofman’s gravestone

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