Cemetery #419474
Powązkowski Cemetery
Local name: Cmentarz Powązkowski
Also known as Stare Powązki · Cmentarz Powązkowski w Warszawie · Katakumby Cmentarza Powązkowskiego · Cmentarz Stare Powązki · Gate VII · Cmentarz Powązkowski brama VII
114
documented records
≈ 8.6k–17k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.428 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Powązki Cemetery, commonly called Stare Powązki, is a historic necropolis in Warsaw's Wola district covering 43 hectares. It is regarded as the most important and oldest historic cemetery in the city. Over time it became an open-air museum of Polish sculpture.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 52.250612° N, 20.972862° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
Showing the first 50 of 114, A–Z by surname. Search all records
Danuta Benz Le Poole ? – 2013 
Henryk Ciechomski 1913 – 1946 
Dionizy Czaczkowski 1825 – 1888 
Teresa Czaplicka 1860 – 1920 - Stanisław Czaplicki 1882 – 1924
Wincenty De Lorme 1877 – 1915 
Danuta Dobraczyńska 1910 – 1966 - Elżbieta Dobraczyńska 1941 – 1950
- Jan Dobraczyński 1899 – 1910
Irena Dolata ? – 1995 - Maksililian Dolata 1916 – 1979
Zofia Dreszer 1905 – 1991 
Maria Drucka Lubecka 1899 – 1987 
Zofia Fijałkowska ? – 1977 
Wincenty Forkasiewicz ? – 1969 - Jadwiga Gajewska 1908 – 1986
- Maria Gajewska ? – 1991
- Andrzej Gajewski 1931 – 2006
- Piotr Gajewski 1939 – 1992
- Władysław Gajewski 1906 – 1990
- Zofia Gałązka ? – 1947
- Wincenty Garnowski 1880 – 1937
Julia Garnuszewska 1818 – 1892 
Michalina Gołębiewska 1869 – 1935 - Romana Gołębiewska 1883 – 1979
- Stanisława Gołębiewska 1903 – 1985
- Henryk Gołębiewski 1901 – 1972
- Stanisław Gołębiewski 1863 – 1926
Bronisława Górska 1922 – 2014 - Witold Gorski 1920 – 2011
Anna Gutowska 1915 – 2004 
Jan Iwasiewicz 1876 – 1952 
Adam Jachymczyk ? – 2004 - Maria Jachymczyk 1932 – 1997
Władysław Jacobson 1859 – 1919 
Irena Jacuńska 1910 – 1944 - Małgorzata Jacuńska 1935 – 2017
- Marysia Jacuńska ? – 1906
- Stanisława Jacuńska 1864 – 1937
- Antoni Jacuński ? – 1927
- Julian Jacuński 1891 – 1961
- Stefania Janiszewska ? – 1978
- Aleksander Janiszewski ? – 1952
Irena Jawłowska 1894 – 1959 - Taisa Jawłowska 1923 – 2016
- Tadeusz Jawłowski 1917 – 1963
- Helena Jaworska 1874 – 1904
- Zofia Jaworska 1888 – 1970
Feliks Jaworski 1885 – 1951 - Michał Jaworski 1863 – 1937
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Warsaw Powązki Parish Cemetery (Powązki Cemetery) 290 m away · Warsaw · 4 records
- Aleja Zasłużonych, Powązkowska 14, Warszawa 370 m away · Wola
- Warsaw Tatar Muslim Cemetery 580 m away · Warsaw · 15 records
- Warsaw Jewish Cemetery 700 m away · Warsaw · 4 records
- Warsaw Caucasian Muslim Cemetery 820 m away · Warsaw
- Warsaw Lutheran Cemetery 910 m away · Warsaw · 133 records
- Warsaw Evangelical Reformed Cemetery 1.2 km away · Warsaw
- Łączka Plot, Wola 1.5 km away · Wola
- Powazki Military Cemetery 1.6 km away · Warsaw · 149 records
- Warsaw Karaite Cemetery 2.9 km away · Warsaw
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Common questions
How big is Powązkowski Cemetery?
Powązkowski Cemetery covers about 42.8 hectares (428,000 m²), about 1.5 times the size of Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków. It is the 3rd largest of the 1,222 cemeteries we list in Masovian Voivodeship.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Powązkowski Cemetery is that of Salomea Kalinowska, who died on September 2, 1852 at the age of 80.