Published: 2021-01-20

The Borzewski family chapel at the cemetery in Obory. An example of a tomb building inspired by the works of Friedrich August Stüler

Marta Wiraszka
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2020.27.2.13

Abstract

The subject of the analysis is the grave chapel of the Borzewski family, which was erected in 1863 at the cemetery in Obory (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Golub-Dobrzyń county, Zbójno commune), by the then heir of Ugoszcz, Zdzisław Borzewski. The architecture of the building, the designer of which is unknown, shows resemblance to contemporary projects of leading Berlin architects of the mid-nineteenth century. Its façade is a replica of the porch of the Lutheran Church of St. John the Baptist in the Berlin district of Moabit (F.A. Stüler, 1851-1857), and the window frames in the side elevations are deceptively similar to the architectural setting of the main entrance of the building at Victoriastraße 6 in Berlin (G.F. Hitzig, 1855-1859).

Keywords:

Obory, Borzewski family chapel, Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Romanism, Friedrich August Stüler

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Wiraszka, M. (2021). The Borzewski family chapel at the cemetery in Obory. An example of a tomb building inspired by the works of Friedrich August Stüler. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 27(2), 169–180. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2020.27.2.13

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