Klucken Cemetery
Photos by Sandi Anderson 2002.
A sign at the Cemetery.
The cemetery in Kluki which was in all probability founded in the 18th
century comprises the area of 2730 aquare meters and it is a resting place
of all the dwellers from the village of Kluki Smoldzinskie. The dwellers
of Kluki Zeleskie and Kluki Cieminskie were buried in Zelazo and Glow-
czyce. The oldest preserved tombstone comes from 1897 and The last funeral
took place in 1987. The cemetery was closed in 1975 and then in 1987 it
entered a register of the relics of the past. After 1975 two persons coming
from the village of Kluki: Anna K�tsch and Herman Kecz, were buried
in that cemetery.
An obelisk of stone devoted to the village dwellers fallen in the First
World War is situated in the central part of the cemetery.
The cast iron tombstones include, beside the names of old Slavonic families
from the village of Kluki � the Klicks, the Kirks, the Pollcks and the Ruchs �
information about their financial, social, and professional status.
Ruth K�tsch�s resting place is a place worth seeing. This famous repre-
sentative of the Slovintzian tribe joined the stream of the reslavization of
the native folk after 1945. She was the village administrator from 1950 to
1955. She was the Skansen museum first employee. The cultural circles
from Slupsk set up a tombstone for her.
The cemetery has been administered by the Skansen museum and it
has been a part and parcel of the Skansen since April 29th, 1992.
The WWI monument in the cemetery.
