Cmentarz ¶w. Józefa w Bydgoszczy

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Cemetery of St. JĂłzefa in Bydgoszcz - Catholic cemetery in Bydgoszcz. [source: Wikipedia, 1979210]

Location

The cemetery is located on the Kapuściska housing estate, between Toruńska, Władysława Bełza and Cienista Streets. [source: Wikipedia, 1979210]

History

The cemetery was established in 1822 for the needs of the parish of the Evangelical-Union church in Małe Bartodziejach Kuczma Rajmund: A small encyclopedia of Bydgoszcz - part of the C password. [In:] Bydgoski Calendar 1993 . Both evangelists and Catholics were buried here. In the years 1903-1906 a parish church was erected. In 1925, the cemetery was listed in the address book as Evangelical. After the end of World War II, the Evangelical parish ceased to exist, and the city authorities handed the church over to Catholics. On October 1, 1946, the parish of St. Józef Rzemieślnik, while the local cemetery was handed over to municipal services. In the 1940s, the cemetery of the fallen Polish soldiers and residents of Bydgoszcz during World War II was established in the cemetery. It houses the mass grave of 69 fallen. Currently, the cemetery belongs to the Catholic parish of St. Józef Rzemieślnik. It also has a communal section established in 1965 . [source: Wikipedia, 1979210]

Characteristic

The cemetery has dimensions: 150 x 90 m and an area of about 1.3 ha. About three thousand are buried in its area. people. Burials are only possible on the site of earlier graves Woźniak Zbigniew: Bydgoszcz cemeteries. [w.] Bydgoska Gospodarki Komunalna. Bydgoszcz 1996. . Soldiers of the Polish Army from World War II. It is located on the right side of the avenue, leading from the entrance gate at ul. Toruńska. The plot is separated from the rest of the cemetery by a hedge. On its front a concrete bas-relief of a stylized eagle was placed on the pedestal. The quarters are buried: * 2 soldiers of the Polish Army, killed on September 3, 1939, * 18 unrecognized inhabitants of Bydgoszcz, shot by the Germans in September 1939, * 49 soldiers of the People's Polish Army, killed in the battles for the liberation of Bydgoszcz in January 1945 Gliwiński Eugeniusz: Military lodgings in Bydgoszcz cemeteries. [w.] Bydgoski Calendar 2000 [source: Wikipedia, 1979210]