Jeruzalem Cemetery in Bytom

Jeruzalem Cemetery in Bytom-Rozbark is a working necropolis of St Hyacinth's parish, founded in 1920. Since 2007 it has been entered in the heritage register.

Founding of the cemetery

The cemetery was created for the dead of the Rozbark municipality, which in 1920 had about 20,000 inhabitants. Earlier they had been buried at the Mater Dolorosa cemetery and at the one on what is now ul. Powstańców Śląskich. Efforts to obtain a new cemetery were begun even before the First World War by the parish priest, Fr Franciszek Strzybny. In November 1920 the parish bought from the Silesian Mines and Zinc Works company a plot of former mining wasteland of 21.5 morgen, of which 9 morgen were set aside for the cemetery. The consecration took place on 5 December 1920, and the first burials the next day. The cemetery then operated without a permit, which was obtained in January 1921.

Extension and renewal

The area was later extended to the south by 14.5 morgen and to the north by 16 morgen. The original layout has become blurred and the original wooden fence has not survived. After renewal the cemetery was consecrated on 1 November 2013 and given the name Jeruzalem.

Who rests here

Buried here is, among others, the priest Jan Szymała. In the cemetery stands a monument to the victims of the mining disaster at the Heinitz mine.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Leopolda Staffa 1, Bytom-Rozbark.
• The cemetery is in use and run by St Hyacinth's parish; keep to the tone and quiet appropriate to a burial place.