Ehrenfriedhof (Erlangen)
The Ehrenfriedhof is a municipal cemetery for soldiers in Erlangen, Central Franconia .
history
To the north-east of the former canal harbor , Erlangen's first municipal cemetery was inaugurated on February 1, 1878, as the three existing church cemeteries ( Old Town , New Town and Reformed Cemetery) were no longer sufficient due to the population growth. This was initially abandoned after the opening of the city's central cemetery on September 26, 1895.
On September 3, 1914, it was rededicated as an honorary burial site for German soldiers who died in Erlangen due to wounds and illnesses. In 1934 a 10.50 meter high oak cross was erected, which was renewed in 1959 and still exists today. The plaques of honor and dedication of the war memorial on Martin-Luther-Platz, which was demolished in 1952, are now on its base . Since the first nationwide day of national mourning on November 16, 1952, commemorations for the fallen have been held annually in the cemetery of honor on this occasion . On August 7, 1965, the handover took one donated by the city of Erlangen memorial stone of granite with the inscription "home church Brüx " and the coat of arms of Brüx. On November 24, 1968, a bronze relief made by Oskar Johannes Stanik was inaugurated for the expellees. In 1973, the monument to the fallen of the 19th Bavarian Infantry Regiment 1914-18 , which is now a listed building , was moved to the cemetery of honor.
description
The 4,000 square meter cemetery of honor is located between Äußere Brucker Straße in the east and Münchener Straße in the west. The Reformed Cemetery is directly adjacent to the north, and the main fire station in Erlangen, separated by the street Am Ehrenfriedhof, to the south . About in the middle of the property, which tapers to the east, is the more than 10 meter high oak cross on a stone plinth with memorial plaques. All around are numerous simple wooden crosses on a spacious lawn, which gives the cemetery of honor the typical appearance of a war cemetery . Immediately before the big cross is the burial place of Werner Lorleberg , the first after his death on April 16, 1945, the Erlangen Central Cemetery buried , in December of the same year but on the memorial cemetery reburied was.
literature
- Christoph Friedrich, Bertold Freiherr von Haller, Andreas Jakob (Hrsg.): Erlanger Stadtlexikon . W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-921590-89-2 ( complete edition online ).
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Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 34.8 ″ N , 10 ° 59 ′ 58.3 ″ E