Cemeteries and monuments
one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Poland, about 8.5 ha with 4-5 thousand matzevot
Cemeteries and monuments
an active necropolis from 1882 with a thousand gravestones from before 1939 and war plots
Cemeteries and monuments
an active necropolis since 1641 with a small church and plots of insurgents
Cemeteries and monuments
cemetery of 1910 with prewar gravestones and graves from wartime
Cemeteries and monuments
the only Evangelical necropolis in Częstochowa, opened in 1860, with a war plot and the Steinhagen chapel
Cemeteries in Częstochowa: five historic burial grounds, Kule, St Roch's, the Jewish, the Evangelical and the Rakowski, from different eras and faiths.
Częstochowa is best known for Jasna Góra (the Pauline monastery), yet its necropolises tell the story of an ordinary city: its families, faiths and two wars. Four of the five are still in use, while the Jewish one has been taken over by forest. For a broader look at the subject, see cemeteries and necropolises in Silesia, and for other places in town the page for Częstochowa.
Begin with St Roch's Cemetery in Lisiniec, at św. Rocha 79, the oldest of these burial grounds: people have been buried there since 1641. Kule was founded in 1882 and the Rakowski Cemetery in 1910.
A Baroque chapel stands among the paths, and insurgents and war victims are among those buried here. The origins of the necropolis remain unclear: its patron, St Roch, hints at an epidemic, but it may equally have been a resting place for pilgrims bound for Jasna Góra. Next comes Kule Cemetery, on a rise north of the centre, at Cmentarna 47. A walk among roughly a thousand pre-war headstones passes tomb chapels and war plots. In the south of the city, on the flank of Błeszno in Wrzosowiak (Palmowa 22), lies the Rakowski Cemetery: old family graves, a funeral chapel and collective graves from the war years and just after.
On Złota Street 245, in the Dąbie district, lies the Jewish cemetery, and at św. Rocha 79 the Evangelical-Augsburg cemetery. Both are listed monuments.
The Jewish cemetery covers about 8.5 ha and is among the largest in Poland. Today it is forested ground with thousands of matzevot, as well as mass graves from 1943. The Jewish community founded it at the end of the 18th century. The Evangelical cemetery, next to the Catholic St Roch's, covers about 3,100 sq m, remains in use and is the only one in town serving this Church. It holds a plot of soldiers from the First World War.
St Roch's and the Evangelical cemetery lie side by side, so you can see both in one trip. The other three are kilometres and districts apart: Kule in the north, Rakowski in the south, the Jewish cemetery in Dąbie.
At cemeteries in use, keep quiet and show ordinary respect, and at the Jewish cemetery mind the uneven, overgrown ground. Entry to all five is free.
Kule, St Roch's, the Jewish cemetery and the Evangelical-Augsburg cemetery have a monument listing.
About 8.5 ha, making it one of the largest in Poland. Several thousand gravestones stand there.
Yes. It is the only burial ground in town for this Church, open since the mid-19th century and in use to this day.
On the slope of Błeszno hill, south of the centre, in the Wrzosowiak district. The address is Palmowa 22.
