The Evangelical Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw ( pl, Cmentarz ewangelicko-reformowany) is a historic

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cemetery in Wola, a district in the west of

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Details

The cemetery was established in 1792 and is located in the Wola district. The cemetery bore witness to many historical events: fighting on its premises took place during the

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of 1794, the

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(1830–1831) and the

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(1944). The fence, the monuments and the architecture of the cemetery were all destroyed during the last of the afore-mentioned events, and were rebuilt in the second half of the 20th century. Despite the historical turmoil, many monuments of great artistic value have somehow managed to survive and still stand today - one of them being the Kronenberg Chapel, which is included in the National Historical Monument Register. The Evangelical Reformed Cemetery is maintained by the

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, but the cemetery is ecumenical and accepts interments from other Protestant denominations and members of the

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(Anglicans). A monument dedicated to those killed during the

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is made out of the rubble of destroyed tombstones.

Selected notable burials

A few of the notables buried here are: * Salomon Musonius (1724–1790), the first provost of the

parish in Warsaw * Katarzyna Sowińska (1776–1860), the wife of General

Józef Sowiński Józef Sowiński (1777–1831) was a Polish artillery general and one of the heroes of Poland's November 1830 Uprising. Biography Józef Longin Sowiński was born on 15 March 1777 in Warsaw. After graduating from the famous Corps of Cadets ...

(killed in the November Uprising) * Ludwik Wincenty Norblin (1836–1914), notable

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entrepreneur *

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(1829–1901), writer, journalist and author of Polish cookery books * Stanisław Kronenberg (1846–1894),

financier * Jeremi Przybora (1915–2004),

poet, writer, actor and singer * Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925),

writer *

Anna German Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer, immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s–1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several ...

(1936–1982),

singer of

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/ Dutch origin singer *

Józef Simmler Józef Simmler (March 14, 1823, in Warsaw – March 1, 1868, in Warsaw) was a Polish painter known for his classical style and his Polish subjects. Biography Simmler came from a wealthy German Protestant family. It was this affluent upbringing t ...

(1823–1868), Polish painter and artist

Gallery

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External links

Cmentarz Ewangelicko-Reformowany

Cmentarz ewangelicko-reformowany w Warszawie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Protestant Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw Cemeteries in Warsaw Protestant Reformed cemeteries Wola 1792 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Cemeteries established in the 1790s