The Stanisław Nadratowski Park is an urban park in

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

, Poland. It is located in the Drzetowo-Grabowo neighborhood, within the

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district, between Malczewskiego, Kazimierza, Plater, and Parkowa Streets. It was established in 1910, in place of the former

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. ...

Name

The park is named after Stanisław Nadratowski (1950–1970), a student and self-declared pacifist, drafted into military, who was fatally shot in unknown circumstances during the

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in Szczecin.

History

In 1846, to the north of Malczewskiego Street, was opened the extension of the

, in a form of a rectangle with length of 200 m, and width of 80 m. It was placed between buildings at current Malczewskiego, Kazimierza, Plater, and Parkowa Streets. Between 1888 and 1890, to the north of the cemetery, was constructed the St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (then known as the ''Church of Peace''). At the end of the 19th century, the Grabowo Cemetery became full, and a portion of its graves detiorated and was overgrown by nature. Most of the gravestones of the cemetery were removed in 1910, and the area turned into a park, known as the Grabowo Gardens (now Stefan Żeromski Park). The graves themselves were never exhumated. The area to the north of Malczewskiego Street became a separate park, now known as Stanisław Nadratowski Park. It was renovated in 2017.

Characteristics

The park has a form a rectangle attached to Malczewskiego Street, and placed between buildings at current Malczewskiego, Kazimierza, Plater, and Parkowa Streets. It borders the Stefan Żeromski Park to the south.

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