Tombstone of the Mierzwinski family, St. Michael's cemetery in Riga, as of 2021, photo dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk, Public domain
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Tombstone of the Mierzwinski family, St. Michael's cemetery in Riga, as of 2021, photo dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk, Public domain
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Tombstone of the Mierzwinski family, St. Michael's cemetery in Riga, as of 2021, photo Bartłomiej Gutowski, Public domain
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ID: NGR-000914-P/981

Tombstone of the Mierzwinski family

Ryga | Latvia

St Michael's Cemetery in Riga

ID: NGR-000914-P/981

Tombstone of the Mierzwinski family

Ryga | Latvia

The site marked by a stele on a plinth, in front of which is a band. The stele is in the form of a rectangular trapezoid, with an inscription inscribed on the front and an engraved oak branch. The band is shared with a neighbouring stele with a Cyrillic inscription commemorating the Mierzwińskis, probably related.

Inscription:

NASZYM UKOCHANYM / JÓZEFOWI MIERZWIŃSKIEMU / 1888 - 1949 / ŻONA / ROMANOWI MIERZWIŃSKIEMU / 1921 - 1957 / MATKÁ, ŽONA I CÓRKA / DOMINIKU MIERZWINSKIEMU - II VII 1911 //.

Time of origin:

1990-2000

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 19 Tomb number 3

Dimensions:

123 x 75 x 170 cm

Additional dimensions:

base head - 25

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

stele, band - granodiorite, base - granite

Additional information:

sector 69 according to the administrative plan of the cemetery

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Next to the gravestone was a monument to Dominik Mierzwiński (inscription: Dominik / MIERZWINSKI / died 11.VII 1911. 54 l //. After 2010, the cross was removed and Dominik Mierzwiński was added to the stele on the family gravestone. The original appearance of the memorials in the archive photo. The stele probably replaced an earlier gravestone

Bibliography:

Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, dokumentacja cmentarza w Rydze, 2012, zasób przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa, 69/D/2.

Keywords:

stele

Date of documentation:

2021

Publikacja:

28.11.2021

Ostatnia aktualizacja:

12.02.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski