Andreas Cemetery (Bratislava)

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One of the entrances to the cemetery

The Andreas Cemetery ( Slovak Ondrejský cintorín ) is a former Catholic cemetery in the old town of Bratislava .

Location and history

The cemetery covers an area of ​​six hectares and is located on 29 augusta ulica (the former Praygasse). The cemetery was in 1784, when Andreas -Friedhof (cintorín svätého Ondreja) established, replacing the older and more crowded Andrew's cemetery on Hollého . It was the city's Catholic cemetery which originally belonged to the parish of St. Martin . belonged to. The cemetery was already mentioned by Johann Matthias Korabinsky , who wrote the following about it: 'Between here and the Spitalthor on the Aecker is: The Lazareth or new Andreas Preythof [...] 1618 QK-quadrat fathom'. And Paul von Ballus wrote in 1820: 'It is permitted and customary to adorn the graves of the deceased with monuments on all burial sites, which is also done by many in a sometimes sensible and cordial manner, as can be seen in the Andreasfriedhofe and the Gaisthore . The corpses of the noble are carried on the hearse at dusk, and when the dead man is from the nobility, with coats of arms and torches ... '

It was expanded in 1860, including a number of graves, crypts, and burial chapels of important middle-class and noble families such as Palugyay, Lanfranconi and Duka. Funerals continued into the 1950s. The condition of the cemetery deteriorated under the communist leadership. In 1966, 15,000 gravestones were counted, mostly with German and Hungarian grave inscriptions.

In the period from 1976 to 1980 attempts were made to convert the cemetery into a city park. Numerous graves and tombstones as well as the baroque entrance were destroyed. The aforementioned eastern part fell victim to the expansion of Karadžičova Street . As many smaller trees and woody plants were removed, traffic noise became a problem. On December 8, 1988, the cemetery was declared a national cultural monument. In the last few decades, several funerals took place, especially actors were buried here, such as the well-known original Ignác Lamár , the beautiful Náci , or Vavro Šrobár and Július Satinský

Selection of the personalities buried here

(Chronologically sorted by year of death)

architecture

On the site of the cemetery, the architect Ignaz Feigler d. J. built a consecration chapel, which was consecrated on September 14, 1860 by Archbishop of Gran János Cardinal Scitovszky . After the cemetery was closed, the chapel was given to the Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Cross , which uses it for church services. Numerous grave sites were designed by the sculptor Alois Rigele (1879–1940), who is buried in the cemetery himself.

See also

In the list of listed objects in Okres Bratislava I / 0-9 , the graves listed as separate monuments are listed.

literature

  • Johann Mathias Korabinsky : Description of the royal. Hungarian capital, Frey and Coronation City, Pressburg. Pressburg 1784.
  • Paul von Ballus: Presburg and its surroundings. Presburg 1825.
  • Viera Obuchobá: Ondrejský cintorín. Bratislava 2004, ISBN 80-88912-75-X . (Slovak)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Na cintoríne ležia popravení odsúdenci of June 28, 2008, accessed on February 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ The Gaisthorfriedhof was the former Protestant cemetery in Pressburg.
  3. ↑ Ballus: Presburg ..., p 223
  4. ↑ Ondrejský cintorín dnes ničia vandali of November 1, 2011, accessed on February 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ Ondrejský cintorín ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 4, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pohrebnictvo.sk

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 53.2 ″  N , 17 ° 7 ′ 22 ″  E