Cemetery of St. Rocha in Częstochowa - a necropolis located in the western part of Częstochowa. There are several theories of the founding of the cemetery: * a cemetery of pilgrims who died on the way to Jasna Góra * an infectious cemetery intended for the deceased during the epidemic; This theory may be confirmed by the fact that Saint Roch was to protect against infectious diseases. The first burials were made in 1641. The cemetery was enlarged in 1737, and two years later the first stone tombs appeared. In 1767, for the first time, it was surrounded by a wall, later ruined and rebuilt. The cemetery has historic tombstones from 1849-1906. In 1898, an Orthodox cemetery was separated from its territory, but after regaining independence, the area was returned to Catholics. The first chapel in the cemetery was built in 1641-1642. Destroyed during the Swedish Deluge, it was replaced with the present church built on its place. St. Rocha and Saint Sebastian (consecrated in 1680). In 1739, it was renovated and in 1771 during the Bar Confederate fights, it was plundered. Rebuilt in 1783-1785. The top part of the tower was pulled down, two towers were added on the sides and the sacristy was erected. Until 1880, it was operated by the Pauline Fathers. It has the features of a Baroque building. The single-aisle. In the cemetery chapel there is a plaque commemorating Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Next to the chapel a symbolic grave was erected with an open book on it with the names of people associated with the conspiracy and those who died during the occupation or during the communist period. In addition, the cemetery deserves attention: * war quarters (17 individual graves) of Silesian insurgents who died in 1921 * graves of insurgents from 1863 * collective war tomb 13 victims of Nazi terror, including 10 hostages executed on the Wieluń Square on November 1, 1943 * military headquarters of German soldiers , Austrian and Russian soldiers killed in 1915-1918 * collective war of soldiers of the Resistance killed in 1944 and victims of Nazi terror fall in 1939 * symbolic grave of brothers Jerzy, Rajmund and Włodzimierz Sosnowski, who died during World War II. In the cemetery complex there is also a separate part forming a separate Evangelical-Augsburg cemetery along with the headquarters of German soldiers who died during World War I. At the cemetery of St. Rocha are buried, among others Marek Czerny, Stanisława Gall-Kron, Feliks Gross-Korczyński, Bronisław Idzikowski, Ignacy Kozielewski, Zbigniew Michałowski, Jan Pietrzykowski, Stefan Policiński, Halina Poświatowska and Adolf Poświatowski, Hanna Przewłocka, Antoni Jacek Zimniak. Częstochowa19.JPG [source: Wikipedia, 246407]
