Cmentarze łódzkie na tle rozwoju ludnościowego i przestrzennego miasta
Abstract
The article discusses the impact of the spatial development of the city and the
changes in population structure and size in Łódź on the number, location and religious
structure of Łódź cemeteries. The study area was narrowed down to the cultural
landscape, which is composed of the physical heritage elements, such as cemeteries. The
spatial extent was limited to the area of modern Łódź. The time frame of the study
includes the historical period from the first cemetery established within modern Łódź, to
the present day.
The article includes all cemeteries that were located with the modern boundaries of
Łódź. It presents a percentage share of the area occupied by the cemeteries in the overall
surface area of the city in 1945 and now. These values were compared in order to discuss
the changes in Łódź. The study also brings attention to the fact that the dynamic
population and spatial development of Łódź from the end of the 19th century to the end
of the 1980s meant that the number of burial places in cemeteries was quickly exhausted,
and the cemeteries initially located outside of the city found themselves surrounded by
urban development, which prevented them from spreading.
Political changes that took place in Poland in 1989 and the collapse of the textile
industry in Łódź meant that the city was no longer attractive to job seekers. The
population of Łódź started to decline. The study tackles the issues that have not yet been
presented in geographical literature. The synthesis is based on previous research and
field studies conducted by the author W artykule omówiono wpływ rozwoju przestrzennego miasta oraz zmiany struktury mieszkańców
Łodzi na liczbę, rozmieszczenie i przynależność wyznaniową łódzkich cmentarzy. Problematyka
pracy porusza zagadnienia dotychczas nieprezentowane w literaturze geograficznej, uwzględniono
w niej bowiem wszystkie cmentarze, które były zlokalizowane na terenie miasta w obecnych jej
granicach. Syntezę oparto na literaturze i badaniach terenowych przeprowadzonych przez autorkę
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