Harburg old cemetery
The old Harburg cemetery is a public park on a former cemetery site in Hamburg-Harburg . It is located on a hill south of St. John's Church on Bremer Strasse . In the east it borders on Maretstrasse with the Phoenixviertel and ends in the south on Baererstrasse . From here a footpath runs over a bridge into the Harburg city park, which creates a green path connection from the Harburg city center to the city park.
history
The cemetery on Krummholzberg was inaugurated on August 20, 1828. It replaced the previous cemetery, located directly in the city between Sand and Schloßmühlendamm, with the dilapidated cemetery chapel (built in 1645), as well as the burials directly in the Trinity Church , which had been banned by the French authorities since 1811 .
The cemetery, initially provided with a viewing platform, was expanded several times in the following years and served as a replacement for the previous military cemetery on Schwarzenberg as a new garrison cemetery. Soldiers' graves are located here for those who died in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871 and from the First World War . In the middle of the cemetery is an elaborately designed war memorial in memory of the " 77s " (parts of the 2nd Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 77 stationed in Harburg). In order to make better use of the area, graves were created in the embankments (so-called echo graves ). These richly furnished graves, which emphasized the importance of those buried here, were preferred by dignitaries and industrialists from Harburg.
As early as 1892 the parish near Eißendorf had another cemetery laid out. The new cemetery was supposed to take over the task of the old cemetery and was connected to the local cemetery after the incorporation of Eißendorf (1910) to Harburg. It soon assumed the role of the most important burial place in the city of Harburg. At the turn of the 20th century, the old cemetery was almost completely occupied.
The old cemetery remained open for burials, mostly on existing family tombs that were leased out on leasehold. From 1937 it was officially closed, but funerals took place until 1967 (other sources: 1969). In the following years controversial debates arose over the use of the site after the grave sites had expired. In 1984 the cemetery with its historical grave monuments, including many with well-known names from the city's history, was placed under monument protection and the historical route connections were restored. Nevertheless, the facilities fell into disrepair or were destroyed by vandalism. An association for the care of the old cemetery and the preservation of valuable tombs was founded in 2006 and has been carrying out maintenance measures on the site since then.
Graves
- Johann Heinrich Blohm (1799–1855), Hamburg hydraulic engineering director and honorary citizen of the city
- Max Brinckman (1846–1927), Harburg entrepreneur
- Heinrich David Denicke (1856–1943), Lord Mayor of Harburg
- Ernst Eger, (1837–1913), industrial and business leader in Harburg
- August Grumbrecht (1811–1883), Lord Mayor of Harburg
- Louis Hoff (1850–1916), former managing director of Phoenix AG
- Wilhelm Hastedt (1835–1904), brewery owner and member of the Reichstag
- Johann Märkl (1878–1923), Consulate Chancellor of the German Embassy in Yokohama, Japan.
- Carl Maret (1829–1904), Harburg Senator and Councilor of Commerce
- Henri Noblée, industrialist and co-founder of Noblée and Thörl
- Carl Noellner (1808–1877), chemist
- Heinrich Osterhoff (1845–1920), senator and owner of a brandy distillery
- August Prien (1857–1944), German builder and contractor
- Karl Schünhoff (1825–1899), Lutheran theologian, General Superintendent of Harburg
- Johann Friedrich Thörl (1820–1886), senator and entrepreneur
- Eduard Weinlig (1832–1920), Harburg senator and mineral water manufacturer
Photographs and map
Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 28 ″ N , 9 ° 58 ′ 52 ″ E
War memorial
Tomb of the Hoff family
Hillside graves ("echo graves")
View of the Johannis Church
literature
- Barbara Leisner: The layout of the old cemetery in Harburg (= Harburger Jahrbuch . Volume XVI ). Hamburg-Harburg 1986, p. 139-152 .
- Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer : The cemetery guide . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 , p. 174-180 .
- Ellen Thormann: The old cemetery and its tombs (= Harburg year book . Volume XVI ). Hamburg-Harburg 1986, p. 153-179 .
Web links
- Old Harburg Cemetery on hamburg.de .
- Old Harburg Cemetery on Find A Grave
- History of the cemetery on the homepage of the friends' association.
- History of the park.
- Cemetery and Friends' Association: The old cemetery is a gem in the Hamburger Abendblatt from November 25, 2006
