Cemeteries and monuments
the largest necropolis in Racibórz, from 1894, with pre-war gravestones and a chapel by the gate
Cemeteries and monuments
disused Jewish cemetery from 1814 with old trees and fragments of gravestones
Cemeteries and monuments
a disused Evangelical cemetery from 1920, with a chapel and the grave of a mayor
Cemeteries and monuments
an abandoned necropolis from 1856 with a cross from 1855 and damaged gravestones
Cemeteries in Racibórz include the working Jeruzalem cemetery, closed Evangelical and Catholic cemeteries and a Jewish cemetery on Wilcza Góra.
The four necropolises tell of many communities of the old town. Some are closed and one is now neglected, so it helps to know their condition before a visit.
The Jeruzalem Cemetery in the Nowe Zagrody district dates from its consecration in 1894 and is the biggest cemetery in town; it still serves burials, with historic gravestones and a chapel at the gate. The Jewish Cemetery stands on Wilcza Góra, between Głubczycka and Fojcika streets. Founded in 1814, it saw its first burials in 1817, and today only old trees and gravestone fragments remain.
The Evangelical Cemetery on Starowiejska Street of 1920, covering 1.41 ha, is closed; it keeps a chapel and a memorial to those who fell in the First World War. The Catholic Cemetery on Kozielska Street of 1856, where mainly the German population was buried, has taken no burials since the 1960s and is in ruin.
The Jeruzalem Cemetery, the largest necropolis in town.
The Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Rybnik. For the wider picture see the Cemeteries and necropolises section; Racibórz itself has a page too: Racibórz.
