Cemetery on Bracka Street in Katowice

The cemetery on Bracka Street is the parish cemetery of the parish of Sts John and Paul in Dąb. It lies on the border of the Katowice districts of Dąb and Osiedle Tysiąclecia and was founded in 1894.

History and layout

At first the cemetery covered 1 ha and 24 ares, and in 1917 a further 69 ares of land were bought. Today it covers over 2.3 ha. After 1952 the city authorities ordered the exhumation of bodies from part of it, and a water pumping station was built on that spot. The site, together with its old trees, is under conservation protection. A historic neo-Gothic chapel stands in the cemetery.

Who is buried here

The best-known grave is the mass grave of miners who died in the fire at the “Cleophas” mine (later “Kleofas”) on the night of 3 to 4 March 1896; 104 miners died then. The war plot holds Silesian insurgents from 1919-1921.

Practical information

• Address: Bracka Street, Katowice (Dąb).
• This is an active parish cemetery: keep quiet and show respect to those visiting graves. Check opening times with the parish.