World War I Cemetery in Pińczów

The World War I cemetery (1914-1915) in Pińczów is located at street Grodziskowa, next to the Catholic cemetery.

The cemetery was established on a trapezoidal plan widening upwards, approx. 118 m long, and surrounded by a stone wall. The cemetery consists of 24 plots with 247 crosses separated by a pavement. In the lower part, by the wall, there are 2 quarters with 55 crosses. In the upper part of the cemetery there is a chapel made of white stone blocks on a square plan. Inside the chapel, on the left, a plaque with the inscription: NIEZNANEMU / ŻOLNIERZOWI / PIŃCZÓW 20 September 1925 - originally it was located in front of the monument to the Constitution of May 3. On the other side, there is a memorial plaque for the scouts from the Gray Ranks murdered during World War II. In the nearby Regional Museum in Pińczów, numerous memorabilia from the First World War have been collected.