Northern Communal Cemetery
| Northern Communal Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Cmentarz Komunalny Północny | |
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  Northern Communal Cemetery Location within Warsaw | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1973 |
| Location | Bielany, Warsaw |
| Country | Poland |
| Type | Municipal |
| Owned by | Municipal Cemeteries Board |
| Size | 143 hectares (350 acres) |
| No. of graves | 180,000 |
| Website | cmentarzekomunalne |
Northern Communal Cemetery (Polish: Cmentarz Komunalny Północny) is one of the largest cemeteries in Poland and Europe, located in Młociny and Wólka Węglowa in the Bielany district of Warsaw, Poland. The site for the cemetery was established in the 1960s at the northern outskirts of the city and partly in the area of the village of Wólka Węglowa (hence the colloquial name Cemetery in Wólka, Cmentarz na Wólce). The cemetery was opened in 1973 and so far nearly 180,000 of the dead have been buried here.[1]
Some notable burials
[edit]A few of the notables buried here are:
Collective graves
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- The grave of the victims of the plane crash in the Kabaty Woods on May 9, 1987[9]
- The grave of the victims of the plane crash in Okęcie on March 14, 1980[10]
- War quarters of German soldiers[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cmentarz Północny - Zarząd Cmentarzy Komunalnych w Warszawie". www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Maria Bogucka, Warszawa, 30.10.2020 - kondolencje". nekrologi.wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Fani pożegnają Piotra Grudzińskiego w poniedziałek. Pogrzeb gitarzysty Riverside". muzyka.dziennik.pl (in Polish). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ↑ Zawadzka, Joanna. "Himilsbach Jan". pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "Marcin Kołodyński". FilmPolski (in Polish).
- ↑ Głębicka, Ewa; Szałagan, Alicja. "Jarosław Markiewicz". pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 18 February 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bohdan Poręba". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ "Pożegnanie Huberta Wagnera". Dziennik Polski (in Polish). 22 March 2002.
- ↑ "Ćwierć wieku po tragedii". warszawa.tvp.pl (in Polish).
- ↑ "Jedna z największych polskich katastrof lotniczych. Na pokładzie Iła-62 zginęła Anna Jantar". Historia (in Polish). 14 March 2021.
- ↑ "Cmentarz Północny – kwatera żołnierzy niemieckich" (in Polish). 21 October 2015.