The cemetery of Wola Brwileńska

Michał Jastrzębski and Artur Witkowski describe the cemetery of Wola Brwileńska as follows:

The cemetery is located about one Kilometer South of the village at the edge of the forest. It is easy to recognize since somebody had fastened one of the wooden crosses to a tree. The cemetery can also be recognized by an old oak tree, large pine trees, Acacia and Lilac.

There are 13 gravestones made from cement, granite and sandstone. There are many burial mounds as well. The inscriptions are in German and Polish language. The earliest readable inscription dates back to 1862, the latest inscription is from 1942. In the center of the cemetery the fragments of the lying 4.50 m high cemetery cross can be found.

Some of the older signs of destruction that the graves show might go back to war activities. Other destructions show the signs of later acts of vandalism.

People from the area report that the cemetery is regularly visited. The graves are sometimes decorated with flowers or candles.

Learn more about the location of the cemetery.

Source information for this cemetery was found in: Jastrzębski/Witkowski 1998.

Photos and other contributions for the documentation of this cemetery were provided by: Michał Jastrzębski, Artur Witkowski.

You can choose your starting point from the following item list of the Wola Brwileńska cemetery or return to your query at the Cmentarze Index page.

Newer information:

Nr.	Pict.	Comment
37.2.1		View of the cemetery.
37.4.1		View of the cemetery.
37.6.1		View of the cemetery with lying cemetery cross.
37.6.2		View of the cemetery with lying cemetery cross.
37.8.1		Gravestone Ottilie Riewe née Renn
37.8.2		Ottilie Riewe née Renn. Gravestone.
37.10.1		Gravestone Theodor Nickel
37.10.2		Theodor Nickel. Gravestone or base of a cross.
37.12.1		Gravestone Justine Pritzko née Kuhn
37.12.2		Justine Pritzko née Kuhn. Headstone of her grave.
37.14.1		Grave Ferdinand Knak
37.14.2		Gravestone Ferdinand Knak
37.14.3		Gravestone Ferdinand Knak
37.14.4		Gravestone Ferdinand Knak
37.14.5		Ferdinand Knak. Stone slab with broken off top left corner.
37.16.1		Grave Jan Refler
37.16.2		Gravestone Jan Refler
37.16.3		Jan Refler. Stone slab with cross and flower decoration.
37.16.4		Jan Refler. Stone slab with cross and flower decoration.
37.18.1		Metal cross and inscription plate
37.18.2		Well maintained grave with inscription plate.
37.20.1		Fragment
37.20.2		Stone slab with inscription.
37.22.1		Gravesite Behnken
37.22.2		Grave Behnken
37.22.3		Gravestone Behnken
37.22.4		Behnken gravestone.
37.22.5		Behnken gravestone.
37.22.6		Behnken gravestone – detail.
37.30.1		The cemetery seen from the road. A path leads to the graves.
37.31.1		Stone slab and fragments.
37.32.1		Fragment
37.33.1		The cemetery cross.
37.33.2		Nails at the cemetery cross.
37.34.1		View of the cemetery with anthill.
37.35.1		grave border, stone slab and bases of crosses.
37.35.2		The same group from a different angle.
37.35.5		Ottilie Riewe née Renn. Gravestone.
37.36.1		Lower part of a stone slab.
37.36.2		Lower part of a stone slab.
37.38.1		Well maintained grave without name.
37.39.1		grave border
37.40.1		grave border
37.41.1		Grave with stone slab.
37.42.1		View of the cemetery.
37.43.1		grave border
37.44.1		Fragments
37.51.1		Small wooden cross.
37.52.1		The southern part of the cemetery seen from the road.
37.53.1		View from the cemetery north to the main road.