Old cemetery (Offenbach am Main)

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Dome mosaic in the Krumm Mausoleum
Grave of Friedrich Metzler

The old cemetery is a cemetery in Offenbach am Main . It is a listed building as a whole .

history

Originally the dead were buried in Offenbach in the churchyard of the castle church. Only artefacts of these burials can be found. Instead, around 1700 a cemetery was laid out outside the city in front of the Hanauer Tor. After the war of liberation , the city walls had lost their military importance and the Hanauer Tor was demolished. The city now expanded beyond the old city walls. The city therefore decided in 1828 to set up a new, larger cemetery on open land east of the city, today's Old Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1832. In 1843 the first funeral hall was built. In 1860 the cemetery was expanded and the area doubled.

Today's entrance with two head buildings on both sides of the main gate was created in 1882/83 by city architect Raupp. The side buildings are late classicist administrative and residential buildings. In 1888 a half-open morgue was built. One of the first crematoriums in Germany was built in 1891/92. It is no longer preserved. From 1906 the western extension area was redesigned like a park according to plans by the horticultural director Ferdinand Tutenberg . In 1911 the assembly hall and morgue were rebuilt with portal decorations in the forms of late Art Nouveau and Neo-Classicism.

In 1939 the new cemetery was opened. Since 1998 urn burials have been possible again in the old cemetery.

The crematorium

For religious reasons, cremation was uncommon in Germany until the end of the 19th century. In 1878 the first crematorium , the Gotha Crematorium , was inaugurated. In 1899 the fifth crematorium in Germany was put into operation in Offenbach. The building no longer exists. Doors of the former crematorium are set into the cemetery wall.

  • Picture of the crematorium from 1905

  • Door of the former crematorium

Jewish part of the cemetery

Jewish part of the cemetery

When the cemetery was enlarged in 1860, the two easternmost fields were planned as the future Jewish cemetery. The Jewish cemetery on Bismarckstrasse, which had existed since 1708, was now within the building limits.

In contrast to the Christian part of the cemetery, there are no images here for religious reasons. The only exception is the honorary grave of Ludo Mayer ( J. Mayer & Sohn ). This representative monument is located on the wall at the head of the main axis of the cemetery.

Monuments

Grave field of the soldiers of the First World War who died in Offenbach hospitals

The center of the cemetery of honor is the grave field of the soldiers of the First World War who died in Offenbach hospitals. In the middle there is a large wooden cross. The uniformly designed tombstones of the dead are arranged in parallel rows on both sides of the cross.

  • Grave field of the soldiers of the First World War who died in Offenbach hospitals

  • Single tombstone on the burial ground

Memorial to those who fell in the Franco-Prussian War

Memorial to those who fell in the Franco-Prussian War

The memorial for those who fell in the Franco-German War was created in 1877/78 by the Offenbach sculptor Josef Keller and erected on Aliceplatz. In 1957 it was moved to the cemetery and now marks the place where the graves of soldiers who died in the war of 1870/71 were. Originally the monument was crowned with a sculpture of a Victoria. This is damaged and its remains are kept in the House of City History.

Electron monument

In the cemetery of honor, a memorial commemorates an explosion in 1916 at what was then Griesheim-Elektron in Heusenstamm, in which ten people, including the plant manager, were killed. The monument was designed by the architect Hugo Eberhardt .

Memorial to the dead in the 1900 railway accident

In 1900 there was a railway accident near the cemetery . Two trains collided in thick fog and a gas explosion occurred. Of the twelve fatalities, eleven are buried in the cemetery. The royal state railway administration commissioned the Frankfurt sculptor Franz Krüger to design a monument. It consists of a central obelisk, which is flanked on both sides by flames. On October 6, 1902, the monument, which had cost 28,000 marks, was ceremoniously opened.

  • Memorial to the dead in the railway accident in 1900, photo from 1905

  • Memorial to the dead in the railway accident in 1900, photo taken in 2017

Buried personalities in the cemetery

image Name (s) year description
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Wilhelm Heraeus.jpg Julie Heraeus and Wilhelm Heraeus 0 0
0 Arturo Gazzera 0 0
Max Willner Gravestone.jpg Max Willner 0 0
0 Karl Ferdinand Becker 0 0
OF Friedhof KrummMausoleum.JPG Heinrich Krumm (1854–1912) 0 0
0 Philipp Casimir Krafft 0 0
0 D'Orville 0 0
0 Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert 0 0
0 Karl Gottlieb Reinhard Oehler 0 0
0 Gilles André 0 0
Friedrich Metzler tomb.jpg Friedrich Metzler 0 0
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Carl Ulrich.jpg Carl Ulrich 0 0
0 Georg Kaul 0 0
0 Johann Daniel Manchot 0 0
0 Matchstickcarps 0 Offenbacher Original , actually: Karl Winterkorn
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Wilhelm Knothe.jpg Wilhelm Knothe 0 0
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Otto Engelhard.jpg Alfred Engelhard 0 0
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Otto Engelhard.jpg Otto Engelhard 0 0
Offenbach, Alter Friedhof, grave August Huck.jpg August Huck 0 0
Offenbach, Old Cemetery, Karl Klingspor grave.jpg Karl Klingspor 0 0
Offenbach, Alter Friedhof, grave Ernst and Georg Heyne.jpg Georg Heyne and Ernst Heyne 0 Owner of the Heyne brothers company .
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Johannes Lippmann.jpg Johannes Lippmann 1935 Johannes Christoph Daniel Lippmann (born January 14, 1858 in Offenbach am Main, † February 8, 1935 in Darmstadt) was a German painter and lithographer .
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave, Wilhelm Schramm.jpg Wilhelm Schramm 1909 Wilhelm Schramm (born June 20, 1846 in Offenbach am Main; † May 5, 1909 there) came to fortune as a co-owner of Schramm'schen Lack- und Farbenfabrik AG and was the founder of the Wilhelm Schramm Foundation
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Jean-Baptiste André.jpg Jean-Baptiste André 1882 Jean-Baptiste André was a composer.
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Johann André.jpg Johann André 1799 Johann André (born March 28, 1741 in Offenbach am Main, † June 18, 1799 ibid) was a German musician, composer and music publisher.
Offenbach, Alter Friedhof, grave of Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert.jpg Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert 1822 Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert (born August 28, 1771 in Guillestre, † September 7, 1822 in Offenbach am Main) French general de division of the infantry .

Honor graves

Legat grave shield

In accordance with Section 15 of the Offenbach City Cemetery Regulations, the magistrate can designate legate or honorary graves in individual cases, and the city will take care of them.

The following incomplete list names such legate or honorary graves:

image Name (s) year description
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Carl Ulrich.jpg Carl Ulrich 1933 Carl Ulrich was the first state president of the People's State of Hesse
Offenbach, Old Cemetery, Maabär grave.jpg Franz Georg Weber 1935 Franz Georg Weber (born May 21, 1867 in Gießen, † October 13, 1935 in Offenbach am Main) was an Offenbach original known under the name Maabär.
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave of Ferdinand Pfaltz.jpg Ferdinand Pfaltz 1919 Manufacturer
Offenbach, Alter Friedhof, grave Marie Poppert (1) .jpg Marie Poppert 1928
Offenbach, Old Cemetery, Ludwig Riesbeck grave.jpg Ludwig Riesbeck 1850 Christian Ludwig Riesbeck (1812–1850) was a painter
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Franz Rech.jpg Franz Rech 1928 Franz Rech (born April 30, 1870 - † May 26, 1946) was mayor of Offenbach
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Karl Ferdinand Becker.jpg Karl Ferdinand Becker 1949 Karl Ferdinand Becker (born April 14, 1775 in Lieser; † September 4, 1849 in Offenbach am Main) was a German doctor, scientist, pedagogue and linguist.
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave sisterhood Stadtkrankenhaus.jpg Sisterhood of the City Hospital 0
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Josef Tintner.jpg Josef Tintner
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Georg Neef.jpg Georg Neef 1966
Offenbach, old cemetery, grave Ludo Mayer.jpg Ludo Mayer 1917 Ludo Mayer (born April 28, 1845; † November 14, 1917 in Bad Nauheim) was the owner of J. Mayer & Sohn .
Offenbach, Alter Friedhof, grave Leopold Bode.jpg Leopold Bode 1906 Christian Leopold Bode (born March 11, 1831 in Offenbach am Main; † July 26, 1906 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German history painter and graphic artist.
Siegfried Guggenheim 01.jpg Siegfried Guggenheim 1961 Siegfried Guggenheim, honorary citizen of the city of Offenbach, lawyer and notary, art patron.
Wolf Breidenbach tomb 02.jpg Wolf Breidenbach 1829 Banker and court factor. He is considered to be the author of the replacement of the body duty.

Web links

Commons : Alter Friedhof (Offenbach am Main)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Jöst: Offenbach am Main in words and pictures, 1905, p. 82 f.
  2. ^ Cemetery regulations of the city of Offenbach

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 14.8 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 51.4"  E