Cemeteries and monuments
19th-century necropolis with about 500 matzevot, next to the Roman Catholic cemetery
Cemeteries and monuments
a closed cemetery from 1784 with a Neo-Gothic tomb chapel and cast-iron crosses
Cemeteries and monuments
a war cemetery in Moszczanica with the graves of 1,120 soldiers killed in 1945
Cemeteries and monuments
a working necropolis founded by the reeve Komoniecki, with the graves of distinguished Żywiec residents
Cemeteries and necropolises in Żywiec include a Jewish burial ground with matzevot, two historic Catholic ones and a war cemetery of Soviet soldiers.
These four necropolises reflect different layers of the town's history. They are places of reflection, so visit them quietly and with respect for the dead.
The oldest one still in use is the Transfiguration Cemetery at Komonieckiego 26. It was founded in the early 18th century and has a chapel dating from 1705, the graves of distinguished residents and war plots.
Older than some of its neighbours is also the cemetery on Sienkiewicza Street, dating from 1784, laid out around the church of St Mark. Burials there have ceased; what remains is a tomb chapel in neo-Gothic style and crosses of cast iron.
The Jewish Cemetery adjoins the Roman Catholic necropolis in Zabłocie, on Stolarska Street. It occupies roughly half a hectare and has around five hundred matzevot, the oldest bearing the date 1853. Renovation work ran from 2018 to 2020.
The Soviet Soldiers' Cemetery is in Moszczanica on Moszczanicka Street. It dates from 1951, and 1,120 soldiers who died in 1945 in the battles for the Żywiec lands rest there.
The Transfiguration Cemetery is. The cemetery on Sienkiewicza Street is closed to new burials.
Under Żywiec, and for burial grounds elsewhere in the region under cemeteries and necropolises.
