Speyer old cemetery

Park in the east, view in north direction

Grave of Helmut Kohl at the Friedenskirche St. Bernhard. In the background left grave crosses of deceased members of the cathedral chapter

Entrance to the cathedral chapter cemetery from Adenauerpark

The image of Johannes Cronauer's tombstone illustrates the altitude of today's park opposite Wormser Landstrasse. The park is at the same height as Bahnhofstrasse.

The walled by a wall Old Cemetery in Speyer , as such, used from 1502 to 1881, then dormant since 1967 predominantly a Adenauer Park baptized park and since 1992 as a conservation area a cultural monument .

On a portion of previously used for Catholic Deceased area in southeastern was a sign of reconciliation between France and Germany 1953/1954 the Peace Church St. Bernard built.

Cathedral Chapter Cemetery

Close to the church is the cathedral capitular cemetery, which is still in use and is separated from the park, where the members of the cathedral chapter of the Speyer imperial cathedral have been buried since 1954 . The earlier burial sites on the south side of the cathedral were lost in the Revolutionary Wars at the end of the 18th century. A tombstone also commemorates Bishop Matthäus von Chandelle , the first bishop of the Speyer diocese , which was newly founded in 1817 . Existing graves of Speyer personalities, for example the grave of mathematician and astronomer Friedrich Magnus Schwerd (1792–1871), which were originally part of the old cemetery, were left in the area of the cathedral chapter. The chapter cemetery was consecrated in 1955 by Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel . At his request, the cathedral chapter made a burial site available to the former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl .

history

The cemetery was created in 1502 from a garden at the Hirschgraben , which councilor Jost Thiel made available as a burial place for the poor. The area was expanded in 1597 and 1839–41, including a vineyard belonging to the St. Georgen Hospital Foundation. The cemetery area was later divided according to the different denominations . The Bernhardskirche was built on the formerly Catholic part in 1953/54 .

The cemetery served as a burial site for over four centuries until it was closed in 1881 after the New Speyer Cemetery was opened.

In 1958, the cemetery was restored on the initiative of citizens of the city, renamed Adenauerpark in 1967 and is now an approximately one and a half hectare park. Part of the former cemetery north of the St. Bernhard Church is the cathedral chapter cemetery .

chapel

"Our Lady" cemetery chapel

Mount of Olives Group

The Gothic cemetery chapel of Our Lady was built in 1515 and 1516 and supplemented in 1520 by a sandstone group of Mounts of Olives. The church survived the War of the Palatinate Succession and the French Revolution unscathed. The chapel and cemetery were assigned to the Lutherans during the Reformation and were the only Lutheran church in Speyer until the inauguration of the Trinity Church in 1717. The chapel houses a memorial to Wilhelm Heinrich Pohlmann , the first pastor at the Trinity Church. Today, chamber music concerts are mainly held in the former cemetery chapel in summer.

Funerary monuments

A late baroque cemetery cross and partly well-preserved or restored medieval grave monuments and tombstones are reminiscent of important Speyer citizens and dignitaries such as B. to the first bishop Matthäus Georg von Chandelle of the diocese of Speyer established in 1821 . In the cemetery z. B. Friedrich M. Schwerd , Georg von Jäger , Bruno Würschmitt , Franz Xaver Remling , Johann Friedrich Butenschön , Wilhelm Molitor , Anton Spiehler , Dietrich Becker , but also the three composers Eduard Rottmanner , Johann Baptist Benz and Joseph Niedhammer , the poet Hippolyt August Schaufert , the salt minister Franz Joseph Pfeiffer , the chief customs inspector Ludwig von Redwitz (father of the poet Oskar von Redwitz ), the general Wilhelm von Horn (nephew of the field marshal Prince Wrede ), the building officer and architect Johann Bernhard Spatz , and the mother of the painter Anselm Feuerbach her final resting place.

park

The park has a water lily pond created in 1958 and an old, signposted tree population with z. T. exotic trees, such as B. sequoia , Japanese pagoda tree , English oak , silver lime , Japanese maple , dark walnut , Acer griseum , snake spruce , bitter orange , hackberry , Himalayan birch or orange cherry .

In the north-eastern area there is a small playground surrounded by an open meadow. The park, which has long been enclosed on all sides by dense buildings and lined with three busy streets, is protected by a surrounding wall and is highly valued by residents of all ages as a green oasis of silence.

Others

The main entrance to the old cemetery is on Bahnhofstrasse , not far from the Speyer train station . In the small green area in front of this entrance, a memorial commemorates the gymnastics father Jahn . A second entrance on Hirschgraben Street and another entrance on Wormser Landstrasse lead to the Cathedral Capitular Cemetery. The park is open regularly.

Gallery of park views

The old cemetery wall from Hirschgraben seen from
Memorial for gymnastics father Jahn in the green area in front of the park on Bahnhofstrasse near Hirschgraben
Main entrance to Adenauerpark in Speyer from Bahnhofstrasse in February
The sequoia in the entrance area
The lily pond
Part of the old trees
Northwest area in summer
View towards Wormser Landstrasse and St. Bernhard in the southeast of the park
Chapel of Our Lady. Popular for concerts and weddings
Exit to Wormser Landstrasse

Gallery of protected grave monuments

Funerary monuments
Gravestone of Franz Xaver Remling
Plant and insect, detail from the tombstone of the cathedral capitular Bruno Würschmitt , co-founder of the Palatinate Pollichia
Gravestone of Bishop Matthew of Chandelle
Gravestone of Georg von Jäger , Speyer educator
Eduard Rottmanner composes - lifelike terracotta relief from his tombstone
Grave monument for Joseph Niedhammer
Grave slab for Friedrich M. Schwerd
Grave monument of Johann Baptist Benz
Grave monument Dietrich Becker , priest
Anton Spiehler grave monument , priest
Grave monument to Franz Joseph Pfeiffer , officer and salt minister
Grave monument of the chief customs inspector Ludwig von Redwitz , father of the poet Oskar von Redwitz
Grave cross of General Wilhelm von Horn
Grave slab of the poet Hippolyt August Schaufert
Gravestone of the architect Johann Bernhard Spatz