Materialna pamięć krajobrazu cmentarzy w wyludnionych wiejskich jednostkach osadniczych polskiej części dawnych Prus Wschodnich – wybór zagadnień
Material memory of the landscape of cemeteries in abandoned rural settlements in the Polish part of former East Prussia – selected issues

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses selected issues surrounding cemeteries as important elements of presently abandoned rural settlements located in the part of former East Prussia incorporated into Poland after 1945. It tackles the issue of identification and distribution of burial sites on the researched area and their location in the geographical environment. The discussion is based on a comparative analysis of archival and contemporary cartographic materials and spatial analyses making use of hGIS technology. The results presented in the paper constitute of a part of a study of the impact of the interruption in settlement continuity on landscape in selected localities of the regions of Warmia, Masuria, and Powiśle in the final months of World War II and after the end of the military conflict.

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