Evangelical–Augsburg Cemetery, Warsaw
Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw | |
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Established | 1792 |
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Country | Poland |
Coordinates | 52°14′29″N 20°58′16″E / 52.24139°N 20.97111°E |
Type | Protestant cemetery |
Owned by | Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland |
No. of interments | 100,000 + people |
Website | Official website |
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The Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession was consecrated on 2 May 1792, designed by the architect Szymon Bogumił Zug. More than 100,000 people have been buried at the cemetery since its opening in 1792. During the
All Saint's Day for the treasures of the burial ground to be returned to their former glory. [1]
Selected notable burials
A few of the notable people buried here:
- German invasion of Poland in 1939 he was arrested by the Germans, tortured, and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration campwhere he died
- Wojciech Gerson (1831–1901), Polish painter and professor
- Samuel Linde (1771–1847), Polish linguist, librarian, and lexicographer of the Polish language
- Johann Christian Schuch (1752–1813), Dresden-born garden designer and architect, active in Poland
- Szymon Bogumił Zug (1733–1807), Polish-German classicist architect and designer of gardens
- Karol Ernest Wedel (1813–1902), Polish-German entrepreneur and founder of Poland's most famous chocolate brand E. Wedel
- Wild West books, sometimes called "Polish Karl May"
- Edward Kłosiński (1943−2008), Polish cinematographer
- sexologist, and authorof Sztuka kochania (The Art of Loving, 1976)
- actress
- Adam Pilch (1965–2010), military chaplain
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ "History and photo gallery of the cemetery from the official church website". Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
External links
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