Cemeteries in Merano

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Tower with astrological clock at the entrance of the municipal cemetery

Originally the parish churches of Meran , Ober- , Untermais and Gratsch had cemeteries in their immediate vicinity.

Until 1848, the Merano cemetery was located around St. Nikolaus . This was first mentioned in 1325. An ossuary is documented for 1381, which was built over with the Barbara chapel in 1422 , which served as a funeral chapel.

Gravestones from this time are on the wall north of the parish church of St. Nicholas . Among these are those by Johann Baptist Pendl and Franz Xaver Pendl .

At that time the cemetery was relocated due to lack of space; it was now located east of the hospital church . The Protestant cemetery (1861) and the Jewish cemetery (1872) were founded to the south.

Due to the rapid population growth in the second half of the 19th century, a new area had to be found for a larger cemetery. The neighboring municipality of Algund ceded an area west of the train station to Meran. From 1907 the new municipal cemetery was built there, the old cemeteries were closed. In the area of ​​the former cemeteries ( 46 ° 40 ′ 5.4 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 51.9 ″  E ) the Marconipark was created in 1938.

Cemetery at the Maria Trost Church

The cemetery at the Maria Trost Church ( 46 ° 39 ′ 45.4 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 47.5 ″  E ), consecrated in the 14th century, was closed in 1901. After it became neglected in a row, it has been repaired by home nurses since 1978. Some of the tombstones were transferred from the hospital cemetery. Ferdinand Karl of Austria and his wife Berta Burg are buried in the Maria Trost Church .

Gravestones in the churchyard are from

Untermaiser parish cemetery

Cemetery of the parish church of St. Vigil

The cemetery of the parish church of St. Vigil ( 46 ° 39 ′ 40.6 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 42.8 ″  E ) was abandoned in 1935 and has been used as an urn cemetery since 2007. The oldest tombstones date from the 16th century.

Maiser cemetery

In 1893 the new Maiser Friedhof ( 46 ° 39 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 42.4 ″  E ) was consecrated by Prince-Bishop Eugenio Carlo Valussi. Among those buried here are

Evangelical cemetery

Evangelical cemetery

In 1861 the old Protestant cemetery was built south of the Catholic cemetery (today Marconipark). In 1897 the new Protestant cemetery ( 46 ° 39 ′ 55.1 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 51.7 ″  E ) was built. The tombstones from the old cemetery were transferred to the new cemetery in 1940 and attached to the epitaph wall. The cemetery has been a listed building since 1996. Here are the graves of

Gratscher cemetery

The municipality of Gratsch, which was independent until 1923, was incorporated into Merano. According to church law it belongs to St. Peter ob Gratsch in the municipality of Tyrol . The original cemetery is located near St. Peter ( 46 ° 41 ′ 38.2 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 24.3 ″  E ). In 1905 the Church of St. Magdalena became a pastoral church. The new Gratscher cemetery ( 46 ° 41 ′ 11.4 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 30.8 ″  E ) was consecrated in 1906 and is still in use today. Among those buried here are

Municipal cemetery

The main building of the municipal cemetery ( 46 ° 40 ′ 21.1 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 48.4 ″  E ) was built in 1907, the cemetery was consecrated in 1909. The planning was done by Josef Schmitz , the execution was done by Musch & Lun. Among those buried here are

Jewish Cemetery

Memorial stone for the deported Jews

The Jewish cemetery was established in the same year as the city cemetery. More than 600 dead were transferred here, among them

After 1907 the following were buried here:

The cemetery is still in use today (2019).

Austro-Hungarian military cemetery

This cemetery was laid out in 1915 and is home to 1528 victims of the First World War .

Italian military cemetery

Created after the Second World War, 281 fallen Italians find their final resting place here.

German military cemetery

The German military cemetery was inaugurated in 1959. 1058 German war dead are buried here. It is one of eight German military cemeteries in Italy.

The municipal cemetery, the Jewish cemetery and the military cemeteries are located on the same area on St.-Josef-Straße, immediately west of the Merano train station .

gallery

  • Gratscher cemetery

  • Maiser cemetery

  • Austro-Hungarian military cemetery

  • Italian military cemetery

  • German military cemetery

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stadtpfarrkirche St. Nikolaus, parish of St. Nikolaus Meran, 2003 p. 188
  2. ↑ https://www.meraner.eu/titelthema/der-friedhof.909
  3. ↑ http://www.meraner.eu/artikel/2012/der-friedhof-maria-trost--ein-fenster-der-geschichte-von-mais.405
  4. ↑ Bernhard Mazegger: Chronicle of Mais , Obermais-Meran 1905
  5. ↑ http://www.architektenlexikon.at/de/223.htm
  6. ↑ Matthias Ladurner-Parthanes : Gratsch the old village at the foot of Castle Tyrol , 1981, p. 72 ff.
  7. ↑ http://www.jta.org/1952/05/29/archive/israel-premier-attends-reburial-of-peretz-smolenskins-remains
  8. ↑ http://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/meran.html
  9. ↑ http://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/meran.html
  10. ↑ http://www.mailand.diplo.de/Vertretung/mailand/de/06/Kriegsgraeberstaetten/Dt__Kriegsgraeber.html

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