Evangelical Cemetery in Zabrze-Biskupice

The Evangelical cemetery in Biskupice, a district of Zabrze, was created in 1870-1871 by the Borsigwerk workers' housing estate and is still in use. It is at ul. Joachima Lelewela 14.

History

It was founded for a preaching station subordinate to the Evangelical parish in Bytom, and the first burial took place in 1871. When the station became independent on 1 October 1886, the cemetery became a parish cemetery. In September 1945 the parish in Biskupice was dissolved and incorporated into the parish in Zabrze, which manages the necropolis to this day.

Who is buried here

Buried here is Fr Alfred Paulisch, the first parish priest of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Biskupice. A separate section is used for soldiers who fell in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Joachima Lelewela 14, Zabrze (Borsig estate).
• The cemetery is in use and is run by the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Zabrze; during your visit keep calm and show respect for those buried. Check the opening hours with the parish.