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Cemetery in Krzywicze

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Cemetery in Krzywicze

1 The active Catholic (formerly parish) cemetery, established in the 2nd half of the 19th century, is located 500 m east of the village centre. The cemetery has a rectangular plan and is situated on flat ground. A path on an axis runs through the establishment. It occupies an area of 0.6 ha and is fenced with a wooden fence. The cemetery consists of three parts: the northern side is occupied by a war cemetery from 1920, and the central part is occupied by an old cemetery measuring 40 × 40 m. Burials from the 1st half of the 20th century predominate. The oldest preserved gravestone belongs to Konstanty Antoni Sienkiewicz and was created in 1892. It has the form of a granite boulder, worked into rocks, topped with a cast-iron cross. The inscription has been preserved: / L. P./ KONSTANTY - ANTONI/ SIENKIEWICZ/ BORN. 27 MAY 1826/DIED/ 16 SEPT. 1892 /
2. military quarters of soldiers from the Bolshevik War, 1920. It is located in the northern part, Catholic cemetery. The cemetery has a rectangular ground plan and is surrounded by a wooden fence. It contains 93 graves with crosses, arranged in rows. On eight of the crosses inscriptions of the following names have been preserved: /
1) ZARABALSKI JAN / 13 P. ULANÓW / + 1920
2) ZAFISZ MIECZYSLAW / 12 K 69 P. P./ + 1920
3) JOZEF JANKOWIAK / SER. 68 P. P./ + 4.6.1920
4) LEOPOLD SZWARC / SER. 7 P. P. LEG. / + 5.6. 1920
5) JAN MALACHOWSKI / SER. SANIT. 60 P. P. / + 5.6. 1920
6) ALEKS. IZDEBSKI / ZOLN. 3 K. K. M. 5 P. P. LEG. / + 8.7. 1919
7) JAN WYSOCKI / KAPR. 17 BAONU SAP. / + 1920
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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