Cemetery (Dossenheim)
The cemetery in Dossenheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg was laid out in 1807 and later expanded several times.
history
The original burial place of Dossenheim was located around today's Evangelical Church , but after there was no longer any possibility of expansion in the late 18th century, it was replaced in 1807 by a new cemetery north of the former Zimmerplatz (today's Rathausplatz) , which was then still outside the village . In the course of the 19th century the cemetery was expanded several times to the north over the Reigartsbuckel . The cemetery was the burial place for the residents of Dossenheim and those of the neighboring and later incorporated Schwabenheim .
In 1860 a neo-Gothic cemetery chapel was built on a foundation by Albert Lorenz (1776-1856) according to plans by building inspector Greiff. The grave monument of the founder and his wife was preserved in the cemetery near the chapel. According to the donor's wishes, the chapel was only intended for Catholic believers, while only a covered vestibule was available for Protestant believers. After some disputes about it, the chapel was soon used for both denominations. In 1938 the chapel was expanded to include a room for laying out the dead.
By the end of the 19th century, the cemetery had reached an area of about 0.9 hectares and was partially walled. In 1956 it was expanded by 0.2 hectares to the east and by 1962 by another 0.4 hectares to the north. With regard to the development of the Reigart residential area to the east of the cemetery in 1964/65, the cemetery was given some reserve areas to the north and east and thus expanded to 2.1 hectares. However, since a total space requirement of 4.2 hectares has been calculated for the coming decades, the municipality also reserved a further 2.5 hectares north of the Gassenweg , from which, however, an approximately 12 acres section was removed in 1969/70 for the construction of social housing.
The cemetery chapel with attached morgue had served its purpose badly for many years, as the morgue extension from 1938 was too small and out of date and the chapel was often insufficient for the number of mourners. Reconstruction plans were forged from the early 1960s, but remained unrealized for a long time because the future of the cemetery and the location of the chapel were not entirely sure because of the inconsistent land policy of the 1960s. In 1971 a canopy was added in front of the entrance to the chapel in order to be able to offer at least a few more dry places in bad weather. It was not until 1981 that the local council agreed to keep the cemetery and fundamentally expand the chapel. Instead of the previous cell extension, the listed cemetery chapel was given a generous two-story extension in the mid-1980s with a funeral room in the basement and an extension of the funeral room on the ground floor. The cemetery of honor next to the chapel had to be relocated for the extension.
Cemetery of honor
In 1956, a cemetery of honor for the soldiers and civilians who fell in the Dossenheim area during the Second World War was established east of the cemetery chapel . Some residents who died during military service were later buried in this area. The cemetery of honor was moved a little to the east for the chapel extension in the 1980s.
Cenotaphs
A memorial for the dead, inaugurated in 1971, extends in front of the cemetery towards the Rathausplatz . Its central monument is a stone sarcophagus as a memorial and memorial stone for war victims based on plans by Helmut Waldherr . To the right of the sarcophagus, an old memorial for the fighters and fallen soldiers of the Franco-German War of 1870/71, which has been occupied in the cemetery since 1896, was erected. To the left of the sarcophagus is a war memorial erected in 1929 according to plans by Prof. Steinel from Munich for the fallen soldiers of the First World War , which was erected on the site of today's town hall until 1953. The memorial suffered some damage during the implementation, and since then it has had a dark coat to hide it.
literature
- Heimatverein Dossenheim (ed.): Dossenheim. A traditional mountain road community in the course of its history. Dossenheim 1984, pp. 128-135.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 6.3 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 20.1" E