Eppstein old cemetery
The old cemetery Eppstein was from 1591 to 1808 the cemetery of the Protestant parish of Eppstein and from 1808 to 1891 the cemetery of the civil parish. A number of historic gravestones in the cemetery are listed buildings .
history
The cemetery was built just outside the city and has been expanded several times since 1591. It replaced the previous churchyard. Most recently, it extended between today's Burgstrasse and Kurmainzer Strasse. In the direction of the city, a group of rocks formed the boundary. The entrance was also located here.
In the Holy Roman Empire Eppstein was a Protestant place. Correspondingly, funerals only took place according to the evangelical rite. This also applied to the few Catholics in Eppstein, provided they were not buried in the Catholic Fischbach (which was probably rare).
With the end of the old empire, Eppstein came to the Duchy of Nassau . From 1808 the civil parish was responsible for the cemeteries there. In 1815 there was the first burial according to the Catholic rite.
The city grew in the 19th century and the cemetery was now in the middle of the city. It became too small for the growing population, which is why today's cemetery was opened in 1891. The old cemetery remained as the rest periods had not expired. However, it was not reassigned. In 1935 the World War II memorial was erected on the cemetery grounds. Now the old graves have been cleared. Most of the tombstones were destroyed and some were put into storage.
From 1968 the preserved tombstones were exhibited by the Museum Eppstein. In 1983 Burgstrasse was renovated. In this context, parking spaces were created at the roadside on the site of the former cemetery. As part of this construction project, the gravestones that were preserved were put back in 1985 in the (rest of) the old cemetery and refurbished.
The complex, which also has an atonement cross from the 14th / 16th centuries. Century, a Latin inscription plate (Antiqua) 1591 from the former cemetery gate and a cast-iron fountain from 1886 is a listed building.
Tombstones
Wilhelm Ditz
Wilhelm Ditz's tombstone from 1592 is the oldest tombstone in the old cemetery. Wilhelm Ditz was born on October 4th, 1590 and died two years later, probably on August 21st, 1592. His godfather was Wilhelm Wilking, the founder of the ironworks in Vockenhausen . According to the inscription, Wilhelm Ditz is the first to be buried in the (then new) cemetery. The tombstone has a size of 115 by 65 cm and is made of red sandstone.
Johann Philips Bechts
Johann Philips Bechts was a master shoemaker and came from Delkenheim . In 1714 he married Anna Maria Liensem from Eppstein. The tombstone, measuring 83 by 40 cm, consists of a plate that ends in a cross shape at the top. The inscription on the tombstone reads:
"Anno 1692
to 17 May, is Johann phi
lips
born Becht and died
22 IV. Anno 1751 his
age 59 years 1 month"
Johan Andon Blecker
Johan Andon Blecker was a cook and innkeeper and was mayor in Eppstein for 8 years . Eppstein had ruled two rulers since 1581. In addition to the Catholic Kurmainz , the Protestant Hessen-Darmstadt was sovereign. Hesse had dominance since 1624 and was able to use the mayor, who had to be Protestant and was a joint official of both lords. Blecker had been with Katharina Lousia, the daughter of the Idsteiner cooper and beer brewer Johann Gottfried Fritz, since 1743 at the latest. The inscription on the 113 by 84 cm gravestone reads:
“Here the
honorable Mr. Johann
Andon Blecker,
joint mayor, rests in the Lord .
He was born in 1713 D. April 11th
. Married in
1714 to the honorable
Catharina
Lowisa born
Frizin, a native of Idstein.
He died in 1759 D.
April 20th his
age 56 years 9 days "
Grave cross Jakob Ludwig Fliedner
Jakob Ludwig Fliedner was a pastor's son from Frankenthal and from 1790 he was a country deacon of the Hessian rule Idstein and as rector of the Latin school in Wallau . In 1795 he was transferred to Eppstein. The grave cross in the classical style in the size 160 by 70 cm is made of cast iron . The inscription on the grave cross reads:
"Here
rests
Jacob Ludwig Fliedner
Born at Frankenthal
Feb. 3. 1764
Gest. as ev. pastor of
Eppstein December 22nd, 1813 "
Gravestone Gisbert Cathrein
Gisbert Cathrein was a doctor and practiced in Rennerod from 1863 . From 1865 he worked in Eppstein. In 1867 the community appointed him local doctor. His uncle Dr. Moritz Lieber was one of the leaders of the Center Party in Nassau, his cousin Dr. Ernst Lieber was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the Center. However, he himself resigned from the Catholic Church. After his death, the Catholic pastor therefore refused to perform a church funeral. This was then done by the Protestant pastor. The inscription on the 93 by 46 cm grave stone made of Lahn marble reads:
"Here
in God,
Dr. med. Gisbert Cathrein
Born on March 22, 1836 in Camberg
Ges. On August 22, 1872 in Eppstein
R.IP "
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Burgstrasse o. No. In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
literature
- Bertold Picard: "... in this churchyard garden". In: Between Main and Taunus - MTK Yearbook 1997. ISSN 0942-3419 , pp. 49-57
- Berthold Picard: Geschichte in Eppstein, 1995, ISBN 3-7829-0442-7 , pp. 45-46
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 25 " N , 8 ° 23 ′ 23.8" E