Nieder-Erlenbach cemeteries
There are two cemeteries in Nieder-Erlenbach , a district of Frankfurt am Main .
Old graveyard
The old cemetery at Kapersburgstrasse 2c was established in 1874. It has an area of 0.5 hectares and has 500 graves.
At the head of the cemetery is the von Lersner family crypt . Like the family cemetery next to it, it is a listed building . The crypt is the entrance structure to the graves. It was built on the plan of a Greek cross in sparse Gothic forms. It was first occupied in 1847. The von Lersner family's burial ground consists of six granite steles that look like natural rocks.
A simple, small obelisk made of red Main sandstone commemorates those who died in the war of 1870/71 .
"Georg Hark: wounded August 19, 1870 in Vernéville - died September 13, 1870 - rest gently in strange earth"
"1814 - What the fathers did not suspect when they planted the <illegible> of thanks - 1871 - The grandchildren saw them thankfully put the stone - Nieder Erlenbach April 10, 1871"
"The warriors against France 1870–71 - <List with 12 names>"
The mourning hall is also at the head end of the cemetery.
Long shot
Mourning hall
War memorial
Lersner graves
Grave of Agnes von Lersner
Grave of Alphons von Lersner
Grave of Emmi von Lersner
Horst von Lersner's grave
Grave of Kurt von Lersner
Grave of Rolf von Lersner
New cemetery
After the old cemetery was heavily occupied, the new cemetery was opened in 1997 on the outskirts (address Alt Erlenbach 80). The cemetery has an area of 0.5 hectares and has 300 graves. A large mourning hall is at the end of the cemetery.
