Cemeteries and monuments
monument to Princess Daisy Hochberg on the Pszczyna market square, unveiled in 2009
Cemeteries and monuments
a cemetery from 1814 with about 400 gravestones and a neo-Gothic funeral house
Cemeteries and monuments
a cemetery from 1501 in the castle park, with a priest’s crypt and a princess’s grave
Free in Pszczyna: a historic Jewish cemetery, the Princess Daisy bench on the main square and the old cemetery of St Hedwig in the castle park.
All three places need no ticket, and all lie in a town best known for its castle. They make a good walk that complements a visit to the castle interiors.
The Princess Daisy bench on the market square commemorates Maria Teresa Olivia Hochberg von Pless (1873-1943). Joachim Krakowczyk made it, and it was unveiled on 1 May 2009. The article Daisy von Pless: Angielka w pszczyńskim zamku tells more about her.
Founded in 1501 beside a former branch church, St Hedwig's cemetery occupies the north-eastern corner of the castle park, off Chopina Street. A stone shrine figure from 1803 marks the gate, and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century headstones remain among the graves.
The Jewish cemetery on Katowicka Street was established in 1814. It covers 0.6 hectares, has about four hundred gravestones, a brick wall from 1888 and a neo-Gothic pre-burial house. See also the text on Jewish cemeteries of the Pszczyna and Rybnik lands. More free places: free attractions and Pszczyna.
On the market square in Pszczyna, since 1 May 2009.
Its origins go back to 1501, when it was established around a branch church dedicated to St Hedwig of Silesia.
