Old Kessenich cemetery

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Partly restored, historical grave crosses in the old Kessenich cemetery

The Old Kessenicher Friedhof is one of the oldest still existing cemeteries in what is now the area of ​​the city of Bonn . Originally presumably already used as a burial place for members of the adjoining monastery, it was used as a public cemetery from 1827; the cemetery is located in the district of Kessenich and is a listed building .

With the address Nikolausstraße 6 it is on the hillside between Nikolausstraße / Rosenburgweg with the St.-Franziskus-Hospital and the higher situated Rosenburg . Opposite the narrow access path to the cemetery entrance (called Kuhgasse ) is the Kessenich war memorial . At the entrance to the cemetery is the historic Alt-St. Nicholas Chapel .

The cemetery, which was expanded in 1874, offers a largely unobstructed view of Kessenich and the Siebengebirge . The cemetery was officially closed in 1893 after the opening of the new Kessenich mountain cemetery around 400 meters away, but burials ( burial ) continued into the 21st century. Only 170 grave sites were available. The cemetery with its stock of tombstones, some of which are over 300 years old, is badly weathered; However, individual stone crosses were repaired by the city of Bonn in 1981. In 2012 the city administration considered a final abandonment of the cemetery, which should then be run as a public park from 2040 and thus contribute to a financial relief of the responsible cemetery budget.

The most striking grave in the cemetery is dedicated to the Klemmer family . It is a small grave chapel in Romanesque appearance, which is equipped with a small table altar and a standing cross inside . Made of red-brown brick, the chapel has small round arches and an elaborately decorated entrance gate. Wall openings and entrance are designed in the form of four-passports .

The graves of clergy, monks and nuns from the former Kessenich monastery and long-established Kessenich families can be found in the cemetery. The philologist Franz Bücheler , the architect Johannes Richter , the industrialist Gustav Schlieper and the historian Ernst from Weerth were also buried here.

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c bonn-kessenich.com: Alter Friedhof ( Memento from March 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ A b Lisa Inhoffen, Kessenich and Dottendorf: City of Bonn wants to close cemeteries , April 11, 2012, Bonner General-Anzeiger
  3. ↑ a b c Horst Heidermann : Unter Linden on the Rhine - the resting places of the Wuppertal in Bonn and Bad Godesberg. P. 81 In: History in Wuppertal. Volume 17, 2008
  4. ↑ 11punkt.de: A temple of the last rest in Kessenich ( Memento from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Martin Becker, Bonn. The Rhenish biotope: Kessenich district portrait , August 18, 2009 (via the online magazine campus-web )
  6. ^ Julius Langenberg: The church builder Gerhard Franz Langenberg ( Memento from June 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Ernst Carl aus'm Weerth , on the website of "kessenich ist kult" (excerpt from the calendar "Kessenich Stories 2006" of the pharmacy Hausdorffstrasse )

See also

Web links

Commons : Alter Kessenicher Friedhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 47.1 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 18.2 ″  E