Cmentarz Miejski, Kalisz

Kalisz Municipal Cemetery - a Catholic cemetery in Kalisz, founded in 1807, one of the oldest Polish cemeteries, a monument of sepulchral art entered in the register of monuments in 1954; the ashes of many distinguished Kalisz citizens and residents of Kalisz are buried there.

The oldest preserved tombstones and gravestones belong to Polish veterans of the Napoleonic campaigns, officers of the Polish Legions and the army of the Duchy of Warsaw: a tombstone with a plaque of Major Stanislaw Broszkowski, an officer of the Nadwislanski Legion, decorated with the order of Virtuti Militari, a tombstone of Colonel Jozef Grzegorz Puchalski, a military surgeon, a friend of General Jan Henryk Dabrowski, decorated with the French Legion of Honor and the order of Military Valour. military surgeon, friend of general Jan Henryk Dabrowski, decorated with the French Legion of Honor and the Order of Military Virtue, family tombstone with a plaque of lieutenant colonel Franciszek Patek, twice decorated with the Order of Military Virtue during the November Uprising, tombstone of colonel Rafał Zajączek, cousin of prince general Józef Zajączek, decorated with the Order of Military Virtue.

Others buried in the cemetery include: Józef Balukiewicz, painter, creator of historical paintings, Adam Chodyński, lawyer, historian, co-founder of the "Kaliszanin", Ludomir Choynowski, veteran of the January Uprising, Wojciech Jabłkowski, PPS fighter, Aleksander Januszkiewicz, physician, rector of the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, Władysław Koscielniak, graphic artist, regionalist, Felicja Łączkowska, founder of the Adam Mickiewicz Public Reading Room and Library. Among others: Wojciech Matuszewski, mayor of Kłodzko, Kazimierz Mystkowski, industrialist, founder of Steam Gingerbread and Biscuit Factory in Kalisz, Maksymilian Opieliński, president of Kalisz, Melania Parczewska, writer, founder of the National Association of Polish Women, Alfons Parczewski, lawyer, historian, rector of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, Józef Radwan, lawyer, writer, printer, publisher of "Gazeta Kaliska", Franciszek Reinstein, architect, builder of the Kalisz Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland, Walenty Stanczukowski, physician, founder of the Reading House for Polish Literature, Halina Sutarzewicz, literary historian, Mieczysław Szarras, president of Kalisz, Seweryn Tymieniecki, lawyer, numismatist, co-founder of the Kalisz Land Museum, Scholastyka Wasiłowska, mother of Maria Konopnicka, as well as legionaries from World War I who died in the internment camp in Szczypiorno.