Position
The cemetery is located in the western part of the city, in a considerable distance from the center, near the exit road to Kudowa. Its boundaries are marked by streets: Dusznicka, Objazdowa and Korytowska. The manager of the cemetery is the KĹ‚odzko Commune, which entrusts management to external entrepreneurs. Currently, it is a Mar-Pol company. [source: Wikipedia, 1659652]
History
The largest of the KĹ‚odzko cemeteries was founded at the end of the 19th century, on April 30, 1892, after the liquidation of gates and city walls. It was established on the western outskirts of the city, at a considerable distance from the center. This was due to the overcrowding of existing cemeteries. It was intended only for Catholics, and its original name was: Neuer katholischer Friedhof. The first buried on it (May 2, 1892) was the brewer Friebe. After the Second World War and the return of KĹ‚odzko by Poland, it was converted in 1945 into a municipal Communal Cemetery. It was considerably extended westwards, as a result of which the single-family house located nearby was demolished and the second one was transformed into the cemetery administrator's office. Since 2009, it was planned to build a new cemetery behind Objazdowa Street. Part of the investment was completed in 2011, and as a result, the area of the necropolis was expanded by 180 beds in a columbarium, destined for urns with ashes. The expansion of 1,100 places has still not been realized. The entire investment is to absorb about PLN 8 million. [source: Wikipedia, 1659652]
Cemetery layout
The cemetery assumption covers an area of several hectares with sections of rectangular or square shape with numerous stands. The cemetery consists essentially of two parts: * older, in which the main place occupies the alley leading to the cemetery chapel, * newer, was built in the 90s of the twentieth century, whose central part is a square in the shape of a circle with a monument depicting the call to eternal life of the deceased person through Christ. In the north-eastern part of the necropolis there is a quarters of killed and murdered Polish and Soviet soldiers as well as prisoners of the camps and the fortress. [source: Wikipedia, 1659652]
