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Grabowo Cemetery
The Grabowo Cemetery was a cemetery in Szczecin, Poland, located in the neighbourhoods of Old Town, Szczecin, Old Town and Drzetowo-Grabowo, between Matejki, Malczewskiego, Wawelska, Starzyńskiego, and Zygmunta Starego, Paska, and Parkowa Streets. It was opened in 1802 and operated until 1910, when it was turned into the Grabowo Gardens (now known as the Stefan Żeromski Park (Szczecin), Stefan Żeromski Park), and most of the gravestones were removed, although some of the most historical importance were preserved until the 1950s. The graves themselves were never exhumated. History In 1802, the city authorities of Szczecin enacted a law forbidding burying people in local churches and their adjusted cemeteries. As such, that year was opened a new large all-religion cemetery, with an area of 5.5 ha, named the Grabowo Cemetery. It was placed near current Malczewskiego Street, between Fort Leopold (Szczecin), Fort Leopold and the village of Grabowo, Szczecin, Grabowo. Among first pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Żeromski Park (Szczecin)
The Stefan Żeromski Park, until 1945 known as the Grabowo Gardens, is an urban park in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the Old Town, Szczecin, Old Town neighborhood, within the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district, between Matejki, Malczewskiego, Parkowa, Kapitańska, Storrady, Wawelska, Starzyńskiego, and Zygmunta Starego Streets. With an area of 21.97 ha, it is the second largest park in the city. It was established in 1910, in place of the former Grabowo Cemetery. Name The park is named after Stefan Żeromski, a 19th- and 20th-century novelist and dramatist. Before 1945, it was known as the Grabowo Gardens (German: ''Grabower Anlagen''). History Between 1735 and 1741, Fort Leopold (Szczecin), Fort Leopold was constructed to the southeast of the current park, as part of the city fortifications of the Szczecin Fortress. It was designed by Gerhard Cornelius van Wallrawe. In the first half of the 18th century the French Reformed Church Cemetery, Reformed Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
