Old Cemetery (Mainbernheim)
The old cemetery of Mainbernheim , a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia , was laid out in 1546 in front of the Lower Gate near Kitzinger Strasse. It is the listed part of the Mainbernheim cemetery, which has been expanded several times and is still in use today.
history
In 1546, the Mainbernheim cemetery, which was originally located in a fenced area at the old parish church , was moved to the city gates. The cemetery had to be expanded as early as 1618. The Renaissance portal , the arcades resting on wooden posts and the cemetery pulpit date from this time . The next expansion took place in 1866. For the third expansion in 1909, the old cemetery wall was broken through to the northeast and in 1969 the cemetery was expanded to the west. The last expansion took place in 2005.
Renaissance portal
The portal, which was built in the Renaissance style when the cemetery was first expanded, is covered by a basket arch and framed by fluted pilasters . The arch gussets are decorated with winged angel heads on both sides. The keystone of the portal arch is provided with two coat of arms cartouches . The portal is crowned by a volute gable with two inscription panels, which remind of the establishment of the cemetery in 1546 and its first expansion in 1618.
The panel is surrounded by the arms of the bailiff Christian Stein, the Mayor Michael Brüler and the two builders Cunrad Schraud and Kilian Konigsberg. In the upper center are the coats of arms of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach (with the year 1618) and the city of Mainbernheim (with a bear).
A triangular gable topped by an urn forms the upper end. The inscription is carved into the gable: "Here you lie and sleep in peace - because here too is God's house and a gate of heaven". The inscription below commemorates the renovation in 1821.
Arcades
The old cemetery is surrounded on three sides by arcades resting on oak posts and by a ge wrong Erten gabled roof are covered. Along the walls there are wooden benches that have been preserved from the time they were built in 1617/18 and are still used today for funerals.
The year 1617 is carved into the posts and cleats . Coats of arms and the letters M and B can also be recognized.
Cemetery pulpit
The stone pulpit , a hexagonal body, is supported by a base with diamond blocks . A Latin inscription is carved on the cornice , the translation of which reads: “Die quietly, who knows that he will be reborn through death. That cannot be called death, but new life ”.
Funerary monuments
- The stone slab with the relief of the Meier couple, who died in 1606 and 1616, is one of the oldest grave monuments in the cemetery.
- One of the most imposing monuments is the cenotaph of the Stintzing brothers , who became successful wine traders and merchants in Hamburg and Lübeck and established a foundation in Mainbernheim for citizens in need of the city in 1805. On a mighty stone pedestal stand two obelisks entwined with vine leaves and crowned by urns .
- Georg Johann Heinrich Keerl, who worked as a doctor in Baltimore , had a sandstone block decorated with garlands and inscribed with an urn in memory of his mother Margaretha Barbara, born in 1818. Farmer, build.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria I - Franconia (arrangement: Tilman Breuern, Friedrich Oswald, Friedrich Piel, Wilhelm Schwemmer u. A.) . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1979, p. 483 .
- Günter Garenfeld: The Mainbernheim cemetery . In: Yearbook of the district of Kitzingen 1981 - Bannkreis des Schwanberg. Traditions of Franconian history since the 16th century . Pp. 261-274
- Günter Garenfeld: The Mainbernheim cemetery . In: Yearbook of the district of Kitzingen 1982 - Bannkreis des Schwanberg. History of the 30 Years War as reflected in old grave monuments . Pp. 253-267
- Kurt and Peter Kraus: The Mainbernheimer Friedhof . Information sheet of the Friends of the Alter Friedhof Mainbernheim e. V.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '44.8 " N , 10 ° 12' 58.5" E