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
Cemeteries and monuments in Pszczyna include a Jewish cemetery of 1814, the historic St Hedwig's cemetery in the castle park and the Princess Daisy monument.
Two necropolises and one monument tell of different layers of the town's history. All three places are open without a ticket and call for calm and respect.
The Jewish cemetery by Katowicka Street dates from 1814; its first funeral was in September that year. Before that the local community buried its dead in Mikołów. Some 400 gravestones remain on 0.6 hectares, with a brick wall and a neo-Gothic pre-funeral house. It is one of the best-preserved Jewish necropolises in the voivodeship. Another site is St Hedwig's cemetery, tucked into the castle park's north-east, by Chopina Street, founded in 1501 around a branch church. The wooden chapel burned down in the first days of the Second World War.
The Princess Daisy Bench in the market square, unveiled on 1 May 2009, shows Maria Teresa Olivia Hochberg von Pless, who lived from 1873 to 1943. The sculpture is the work of the Pszczyna artist Joachim Krakowczyk. The castle and park are covered in a text on Pszczyna Castle. More addresses are in things to do in Pszczyna and in monuments in Pszczyna, and other necropolises of the region in the category cemeteries and monuments in Silesia.
Around 400 gravestones stand on its 0.6 hectares.
In the market square of Pszczyna. It was unveiled on 1 May 2009 and its author is Joachim Krakowczyk.
