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Cmentarz ewangelicki

64-730 Wielen, Poland

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Place Types Cemetery
Address 64-730 Wielen, Poland
Coordinate 52.8859491,16.1684853
Website Unknown
Rating 4
Compound Code V5P9+99 Wielen, Poland

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Wojciech Skowroński (10/28/2019)

The Evangelical cemetery in Wieleń is today (2019) only an overgrown square with a few devastated traces of burials. After crossing the pillars of a brick gate, already devoid of a metal gate, it takes some time for the eyesight to distinguish details in a sad space. Of probably numerous tombstones, there are only a dozen ruined metal fences. Moving through the lush weeds, we encounter here and there the edges of the graves, some as if torn from the ground. At the northern wall of the fence, the destruct of the once impressive burial shrine that used to belong to richer residents has been preserved. From the preserved cemetery artifacts, it is impossible to identify the dead buried here, apart from a few. Robbed, damaged and deprived of individual features, they anonymously testify to the history of the place. As mentioned in another opinion, the city was built by Poles, Germans and Jews. The resting place, regardless of the legal conditions, is a place of remembrance, a reference point in the layers of identity, and fully deserves respect. Meanwhile, beyond the progressing ruin, it is futile to look for even an information board or traces of care for memory left by our predecessors. We are said to be the successors of European civilization, to which we often refer to arguing our, often Catholic, roots.

Krzysztof Kalinowski (04/03/2018)

Wieleń lying on both banks of the Noteć is a city with a long and interesting history. For centuries it was also a place of communion with the main nations inhabiting these areas, Poles and Germans. Thanks to them, two branches of Christianity, Catholicism and Protestantism dominated in the city. Both denominations had large groups of believers here who had temples and necropolises on which they rested after their death. Today Wieleń is inhabited mainly by Catholics. Only souvenirs of the Protestants remained. One of these souvenirs is the cemetery at Dworcowa Street founded in the 19th century. The necropolis, unfortunately, underwent significant degradation during the post-war years. Its area was overgrown with self-sown trees. Between them you can see the remains of tombstones. An ancient, linden alley runs from the cemetery along Dworcowa St. towards Drawska St. The necropolis is surrounded by an original wall with gates.