This peaceful necropolis on the northern slope of St. Adalbert's Hill was established in 1810 and serves as the final resting place for many prominent Poles from the Poznań region, including veterans of the Napoleonic wars and national uprisings, statesmen, journalists, social activists, philanthropists, philosophers, teachers, doctors, and historians; most of them were moved here from other cemetaries after WWII. Of particular note are former mayors Szymon Wroniecki, Jarogniew Drwęski and Cyryl Ratajski, and General Stanisław Taczak (1874-1960) - the first commander of the Wielkopolska Uprising. Near the bottom of the hill in unmarked graves are buried the victims of the plague, which visited Poznań frequently from 1831-78. Full of big trees and beautiful sepulchral art, this not only Poznań's oldest cemetery, but also one of its most beautiful, and worth the short walk inside the gates.
Full of ferns, ivy and marble sculpture art, this cemetery has a great atmopshere.
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