Former cemetery (Limburg an der Lahn)
Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '20.9 " N , 8 ° 3' 58.9" E
The former cemetery (also: Domfriedhof ) of the city of Limburg an der Lahn is located in the immediate vicinity of Limburg Cathedral on Domplatz . The cemetery, which served both as the final resting place of the members of the monastery and the townspeople, was expanded several times in the 19th century before it was replaced in 1882 by a new main cemetery on the Schafsberg . The cemetery, which is a listed building for historical and cultural reasons, has been accessible as a park since 1965. The former Karnerkapelle St. Michael , which is also listed, is located on the site .
history
Originally the cemetery was laid out on a small area in front of the west facade of the cathedral. To the north there was a former monastery house, the Michael's chapel, which still exists today, and a former chapter house, in the south of the complex the path to the castle ran . The strip of land between the north facade of the cathedral and the steep slope of the cathedral rock towards the Lahn was also used as a cemetery at this time. As a devotional image for visitors to the cemetery, there was a large roofed group of Mounts of Olives on the south side of the church , which was removed in 1824.
The cathedral was not only a collegiate church , but also a city parish, so that not only the members of the monastery but also the city population were buried there. Due to the increasing number of inhabitants, the cemetery complex became too small at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1817 - at that time Limburg had 2585 inhabitants - the city school council Grimm received the order from the ducal office to submit a proposal for enlargement.
First, various alternative locations were discussed by the magistrate . It was proposed to move it to Flachter Weg in the direction of Galgenberg, to Frankfurter Straße (today's Bundesstraße 8 ) and to Schafsberger Gasse (today's Parkstraße). Ultimately, however, these plans were discarded, and it was decided to enlarge the cemetery by purchasing the land adjacent to the west. The reason for this was not least the desire of the Limburg population to keep the “dead field, which has been located next to the mother church for unimaginable years”, as the magistrate explained to the ducal office in May 1833.
In 1834, the office finally granted approval, whereupon the city implemented the cemetery expansion according to plan. A building was acquired in 1304 as the Burgmannenhaus of Walter von Cronenburg , which was bequeathed to the monastery in 1391 by Viktor Heinrich Rode and which had meanwhile become dilapidated. In addition, the city bought the gardens to the west, including the von Diezer and von Dehrner gardens and parts of the Walderdorffer garden.
The former monastery house was initially used as a morgue and apartment for the city grave digger. It was laid down in 1857 to make room for more graves. However, due to the rapidly increasing population, the construction of a new cemetery became inevitable, and in 1882 the new municipal main cemetery was finally opened on the Unterheide am Schafsberg . Up until the 1920s, however, burials continued to take place in the numerous family graves in the cathedral cemetery.
In the mid-1960s, the area of the former cemetery, with the exception of the Canon Cemetery, was rededicated to a park. In the course of the redesign, a wrought-iron, double-leaf lattice gate from around 1600 was installed as the entrance.
In the spring of 2013, after many tombstones had been lying disordered on the site due to construction work in the previous years, the facility was redesigned on the instructions of the city. Some of the tombstones were cleaned and restored.
Burial place of the canons
The strip of land on the north side of the cathedral, originally used as a cemetery, has been used as a burial place for the canons since 1928 ; Arnold Hensler created a crucifixion group for it in 1931/32 , which is one of his main works.
The following clergy are buried on the site:
- Hans Bernhard (1929–2002), cathedral music director and cathedral vicar
- Werner Böckenförde (1928–2003), Cathedral Chapter
- Julius Eiffler (1835–1898), cathedral capitular, vicar general and diocese administrator
- Heinrich Fendel (1878–1965), cathedral capitular, papal council, Limburg city pastor and papal house prelate
- Wilhelm Fischbach (1867–1951), cathedral capitular, spiritual councilor and papal house prelate
- Ferdinand Fromm (1912–2004), papal house prelate and cathedral chapter
- H. Gerlach (1833–1886), cathedral chapter and spiritual advisor, together with “Frau Kanzleirat Gerlach, geb. Volbracht "(1806–1882)
- Matthäus Göbel (1862–1948), cathedral dean and apostolic protonotary
- Georg Hilpisch (1846–1928), cathedral dean and apostolic protonotary
- Georg Höhle (1905–1979), Vicar General
- Matthias Höhler (1847–1923), vicar general and cathedral chapter
- Willi Hübinger (1946–2012), Cathedral Chapter
- Christian Jung (1920–1974), Cathedral Chapter and Vicar General
- Walther Kampe (1909–1998), auxiliary bishop and dean of the cathedral
- Heinrich Karell (1905–1975), cathedral capitular and papal house prelate
- Heinrich Lala (1838–1909), cathedral capitular and spiritual advisor, head of the seminary for many years
- Josef Lamay (1892–1961), cathedral capitular and papal house prelate
- Walter Leussler (1905–1992), cathedral capitular and papal house prelate
- Engelbert Löhr (1894–1973), cathedral dean and apostolic protonotary
- Hans Pabst (1889–1968), cathedral music director, honorary canon and papal secret chamberlain
- Berthold Merkel (1888–1955), cathedral capitular, vicar general and papal house prelate
- Jakob Rauch (1881–1956), dean of the cathedral, papal house prelate and apostolic protonotary
- Hans Seidenather (1908–1994), cathedral capitular and papal house prelate
- Jakob Strieth (1867–1943), cathedral capitular, spiritual councilor and papal house prelate
- Wilhelm Tripp (1835–1916), Limburg parish priest from 1887 to 1916
Tombstones
On the site, which is now used as a park, numerous gravestones and some Limburg families' graves from the 18th to the early 20th century have been preserved.
Baroque grave cross by Johann Michael Oberst, postal administrator (1716–1784).
Baroque grave cross by Johann Anton Trombetta (1775–1789).
Gravestone of the Thurn und Taxic postal administrator Joseph Oberst († 1822). Classicist grave stele made of marble.
Gravestone of the baker Anton Busch († 1818), father of the mayor Anton Busch (1763–1836). High stone cross.
Tomb of the Kremer family from 1830. Classicist tomb in the form of an antique altar.
Undated tombstone of the Dillmann siblings with a bas-relief " Veronica's handkerchief ".
Baron Franziska von Schütz zu Holzhausen (1834–1901) and Baron Carl von Schütz (1825–1908) grave. Plain tombstone made of black marble, surrounded by an old fence.
Cast iron cross Adam Hammerschlag (1828–1845).
Gravestone Franz Jacob Hammerschlag. Simple cross on a black marble pedestal.
Tomb of the Cahensly merchant family, including Peter Paul Cahensly (1838–1923). Functional tombstone from 1923 in triptych form .
literature
- Verena Fuchß: Cultural monuments in Hessen: City of Limburg. Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse . Theiss , 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2096-4 , pp. 231-233.
- Monika Jung: Remembrance of the dead and burial in Limburg. A documentation of the burial places in and around the Limburg Cathedral. Cardamina Verlag, Plaidt 2011, ISBN 978-3-86424-029-4 .
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Former cemetery with Karnerkapelle St. Michael In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corresponds roughly to today's Holzheimer Strasse, cf. Verena Fuchß: Cultural monuments in Hessen: City of Limburg. P. 58.
- ↑ Verena Fuchß: cultural monuments in Hesse City Limburg. 2007, p. 232.
- ↑ Fluck: The old cemetery at the cathedral is properly prepared. In: local gazette at the weekend / Lahn-Post. August 3, 2013, p. XW-3.
- ↑ The following are tombstones listed in Verena Fuchß: Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen: Stadt Limburg. are listed as particularly noteworthy grave monuments.
- ↑ Note: In Verena Fuchß: Cultural monuments in Hessen: City of Limburg. On p. 232 the year of death of Anton Busch is given as 1836, but 1818 is clearly engraved on the cross, see detailed picture . There is a tombstone of his son Anton Busch , who died in 1836, but does not fit the description given, see tombstone .