Cemetery (Bonfeld)
The cemetery in Bonfeld was laid out in the late 18th century. The so-called Baronenviertel , a burial place of the barons of Gemmingen-Guttenberg, is historically significant .
history
The original burial place in Bonfeld was in and near the Bonfeld church. The respective local lords, the lords of Bonfeld up to the 15th century and the lords of Gemmingen after 1476, were buried in the floor of the nave, the population in the churchyard. When the Evangelical Church in Bonfeld was built in 1774/76 instead of the previous building, burials in and around the church were dispensed with. Instead, a new cemetery was set up on the northern outskirts .
On the western wall of the cemetery is the so-called Baronenviertel , which was reserved for the burials of the noble von Gemmingen-Guttenberg family. The first burial in this area took place in 1780 when Maria Magdalena von Gemmingen-Guttenberg, nee. von Bärenfels (1708–1780) carried to his grave. There are a total of 23 graves in the Baronenviertel , all of which apart from a few grave sites from the 20th century are designed as tombs .
In addition to members of the von Gemmingen-Guttenberg family, only two other people were buried in the Baronenviertel . Sophia Reußlerin († 1815), who was part of Juliane von Gemmingen-Guttenberg's (1785–1831) staff, is buried under an old linden tree, which is now a listed building . Her tombstone has since been moved to the cemetery wall. In the south-western corner of the Baronenviertel is the grave of the Baden captain Carl Wilhelm Grossmann , who shot himself during the Baden Revolution in 1849 in the garden of the Bonfeld Lower Castle.
Most of the stately tombstones are made of sandstone . Due to the poor resistance to erosion of the material, some of the tombs are no longer legible.
Gravestone of Hans von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1878–1940), last of the Bonfeld Oberschloss line
Tomb of Helene von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1840–1905)
Memorial plaque for Captain Grossmann, who shot himself in Bonfeld in 1849
Gravestone for Johann Georg Haueisen (1789–1865)
One of the gravestones of cultural and historical importance outside of the baron quarter is the gravestone of Johann Georg Haueisen (1789–1865), a formerly known Protestant lay theologian and revival preacher who lived in Bonfeld since 1825 and was a member of the Hahn community .
literature
- Anne and Helmut Schüßler: The resting places of the noble von Gemmingen-Guttenberg family in the Bonfeld cemetery . In: Bad Rappenauer Heimatbote , 18th year 2008, no.19
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Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '55.8 " N , 9 ° 5' 34.4" E