Old cemetery (Cmentarz Stary w Kielcach) description and photos - Poland: Kielce (Topic)

Old cemetery (Cmentarz Stary w Kielcach) description and photos - Poland: Kielce. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Cmentarz Stary w Kielcach.

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The exact date of the foundation of the Old Cemetery in Kielce is unknown, but it is assumed that it appeared in 1801. Previously, the territory of the cemetery belonged to the bishop, who had a farm on these lands. After nationalization, a cemetery was founded here, by order of the Austrian authorities, which, according to sanitary standards, was supposed to be outside the city. Previously, the dead were buried in the cemetery near the Cathedral of St. Adalbert, as well as in the old cemetery next to the chapel of St. Leonard.

Everyone began to bury in the cemetery, without division according to religious principle: Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox. Soldiers who took part in the Napoleonic wars were buried here.

During its existence, the cemetery was expanded, to accommodate more graves. In 1818 it was expanded to the east, and in 1862 it was extended to the south according to the project of Alexander Dunin-Borkovsky. The last expansion was carried out in 1926.

In 1836, after the establishment of the Protestant parish, the territory for the Protestants was set aside in the cemetery. Due to the large number of Russians living in the city, work began in 1851 on the creation of a separate Orthodox cemetery, which was opened in 1865.

Many famous residents of the city are buried in the cemetery: military, benefactors, politicians.

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