Borek Fałęcki Parish Cemetery
Kraków Cemeteries
A parish cemetery (Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki district), founded in 1924 through the efforts of Father Wojciech Karabuła. It is divided into 33 plots holding about four thousand graves and tombs, and its chapel was consecrated in 1964. A small plot holds 153 Soviet prisoners of war murdered by the Germans in a nearby prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War.
History
The cemetery on Zawiła Street was founded in 1924 by the parish priest, Father Wojciech Karabuła, and it has been enlarged several times since then. It is managed by the parish of Our Lady of Victory. The cemetery chapel was consecrated in 1964. The grounds are divided into 33 sections containing about 4,000 graves and tombs. A small section holds 153 Soviet prisoners of war murdered by the Germans in the nearby POW camp during the Second World War. Also buried here are Mieczysław Wątorski, a painter and professor at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, and the architect Andrzej Bilski, who designed the cemetery chapel.
Did you know?
Among those buried here is Zygmunt Łuczyński, a doctor of medicine known for treating the residents of Łagiewniki and the surrounding area free of charge during the Second World War.