List of cemeteries in Poland

The following is a list of selected cemeteries in Poland.

Due to the complicated history of Poland millions of Poles are buried in former Poland (e.g. Lviv and Vilnius), the former Soviet Union (Katyn) or around the world in countries such as Iran and France.

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków with a two-hour walk. Parents of Pope John Paul II, are buried here.[1][2]

Lublin Voivodeship

Łódź Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw is Poland's capital oldest and most famous cemetery

Podlaskie Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Notes

  1. Gazeta Krakow.pl (October 29, 2008), ""Zwiedzamy Cmentarz Rakowicki" (Touring the Rakowicki Cemetery)" (PDF). (328 KB) 
  2. A multilingual brochure available for the visitors, called "Zwiedzamy Cmentarz Rakowicki" (A visit to the Rakowicki Cemetery) with a map describing a two-hour walk; published by Zarząd Cmentarzy Komunalnych w Krakowie.
  3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery
  4. Szymon Madej, Kraków Military Cemetery
  5. Mirosław Łopata (2007). "Cmentarz nr 398 - Bieńczyce-Dłubnia" [Bieńczyce-Dłubnia Military Cemetery number 398]. Source: Broch Rudolf, Hauptmann Hans. Westgalizische Heldengraeber aus den Jahren des Weltkrieges 1914-1915, Wien 1918.
  6. Mapakrakow.pl. "Przystanek: Makuszyńskiego". Nowa Mapa Krakowa.
  7. Virtual Shtetl, Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery. Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Museum of the History of Polish Jews 2016.
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