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Wschowa Old Protestant Cemetery

Memorials : 0
Location : Powiat wschowski, Poland
Website : muzeum.wschowa.pl/siedziby/lapidarium/
Coordinate : 51.8086102, 16.3182998
Description : The old Protestant cemetery in Wschowa (German: Fraustadt) was founded in 1609 on the initiative of pastor Valerius Herberger. It is one of the earliest cemeteries in Europe to break with the tradition of buying the dead near the churches, and is the oldest of its kind in Poland. It was also an early example of the Italian "camposanto" model in Central Europe. The cemetery contains many ornate and valuable graves from the 17th and 18th century, and was the burial place of most of the town's Protestant elite through the 19th century. The cemetery was damaged during WWII, and... Read More

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  • Where is Wschowa Old Protestant Cemetery?

    Wschowa Old Protestant Cemetery is located at ul. Spokojna 7, Wschowa Powiat wschowski ,Lubuskie ,Poland.

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  • Where are the coordinates of the Wschowa Old Protestant Cemetery?

    Latitude: 51.8086102
    Longitude: 16.3182998

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