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Managed by Cemetery of Podgorze

Entrance to the Old Cemetery of Podgorze_main picture

THE OLD PODGORZE CEMETERY For over a hundred years it was the main necropolis of the Free Royal City of Podgorze (which has become part of Krakow in 1915). It is the oldest municipal cemetery in Krakow. The cemetery is thought to be to have been established shortly after of Podgorze itself (most certainly between 1786 and 1792) and t was results of a law stipulating that cemetery for sanitary reason, had to be outside city confines. By the end of the19th Century the cemetery was beginning to reach capacity and it was closed in 1900. A rapid devastation process began. Partly destroyed during the WWII and in 1970. during the constructing of new road. Old Podgorze Cemetery is the resting place of artists (painter Aleksander Kotsis), national heroes (freedom fighter Edward Dembowski), distinguished citizens (Wojciech Bednarski). It remains an island of tranquility and place for reflection.

THE NEW PODGORZE CEMETERY Picturesquely set on a gentle slope by the foothill of the Krakus Mound, it is the largest cemetery on the right-bank of Krakow. It was opened in 1900 and the chapel by the entry was added some years later. Most of those buried in the cemetery were workers and technicians and there were many distinguished industrialists among them. Although many sculptures represent popular motives, some are certainly worthy of attention. There are women with flowers sitting by a cross or a broken pillar, there are many monumental figures of angels whose sadness and beauty induce deep reverie.

Points of interest

Entrance to the Old Cemetery of Podgorze

New Cemetery of Podgrorze

Old Cemetery of Podgorze

Old Cemetery of Podgorze

Old Cemetery of Podgorze