Peace Hill Cemetery

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Coordinates: 54 ° 46 '23.48 "  N , 9 ° 24' 12.17"  E

Logo of the Flensburg cemeteries
Chapel on the Peace Hill by Peter Juergensen
Mausoleum on the Peace Hill
On the anniversary of the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , city representatives and members of various organizations laid wreaths at appropriate memorials in memory of the victims of the Nazi era.
Memorial stone for the deceased in the former German eastern territories
Grave of artist Käte Lassen

The Friedenshügel cemetery (originally: Friedhof am Friedenshügel , sometimes shortened to: Friedenshügel ; Danish Fredshøj Kirkegård ) in Flensburg was established in 1911 as the third communal burial site and named with reference to the Friedenshügel . The architect was Wilhelm Cordes , who also planned the Hamburg Ohlsdorf cemetery .

history

In Flensburg there were several cemeteries near the old churches such as St. Nikolai since the Middle Ages . These were given up by a central cemetery in 1813 near today's Flensburg Museum . Burials were carried out here until 1953 . The mill cemetery was set up a few meters to the west as early as 1872 . The third was the Friedenshügel cemetery . This was planned by the architect Wilhelm Cordes in 1908 and, with some changes, built in 1911 on what is now Bundesstraße 199 . The name was given back to a 100-year border dispute between the parishes of St. Nikolai and St. Marien , which could only be resolved in 1718. A stone in front of the main entrance on the hill commemorates these events. The hill in question was given the name Peace Hill due to the events . Only later did the cemetery get its name, which refers to the hill.

Buildings

There is a chapel in the cemetery , which was built in 1910 by the builder Peter Jürgensen in collaboration with the municipal building officer Paul Ziegler . It was provided with a crematorium , which was decommissioned and replaced in 1996 by a modern facility further south. However, the chimney next to the chapel was not removed for monumental reasons.

Gravesites

The cemetery includes over 12,000 grave sites on a 25 hectare site.

Mausoleums

There is only one mausoleum belonging to the Anthon family, which was built in 1921 near the main gate. Other famous personalities or entrepreneurs in Flensburg were buried in niche graves.

Urn graves

As in other cemeteries today, urn burials are increasing. Therefore, in addition to the conventional rectangular urn places, new places with special design names were built, such as the rosarium (circular shape) or the wave area. A special feature here is the gravestone design. The names are carved on a communal tombstone for each grave site.

At the southern end of the cemetery an urn grove was set up for nameless burials. A statue erected there in 1983 forms the center.

Graves and monuments from the time of the world wars

Since the First World War , war graves have been erected in various places, which can be recognized by the concrete crosses. On the eastern edge of the cemetery, the city of Flensburg established a completed war grave memorial in the shape of a circle in 1919, which houses those who died from both world wars. This square was planned by builder Paul Ziegler . The stele, added only in 1928, has a relief over depictions of the First World War and was repaired by the city of Flensburg in 1983, which could explain the year on the front.

The time of National Socialism with World War II left a wide variety of traces in Flensburg , which are still remembered today by a number of graves and monuments in the cemetery. Air raids against Flensburg during the war caused little damage compared to other cities due to many fortunate circumstances, but the dead were still to be mourned. For example, on one day in 1943 there were two bombs that hit some railroad tracks and a Danish kindergarten. Children and adults were killed. Behind the urn field 30, a grave site with wooden crosses and a grave memorial stone in Danish has been dedicated to them. The air raids did not end until May 4th, the day when Hans-Georg von Friedeburg near Lüneburg, on behalf of the last Reich President Karl Dönitz , who had left for Flensburg- Mürwik with the last Reich government , the partial surrender for the troops in Northern Germany , Denmark , Holland and Norway signed.

In addition to the chapel, there are also some memorial stones to former army units near the war graves in the cemetery. After the end of the Second World War, a memorial stone niche was set up for all deceased who were buried in cemeteries in the former German eastern areas, which are surrounded by other stones. These small stones have carved the former coats of arms such as Silesia or Prussia.

Graves of other faiths

A few Jewish citizens were buried in various places . Around 2005 a separate burial site was built for the Jewish and Muslim population of Flensburg. Both sites are fenced and separated in the middle. The symbol of the denomination is milled into the doors to both parts. It is located at the exit at the CITTI-Park shopping center.

Graves of famous people

See also

Web links

Commons : Friedhof Friedenshügel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mayor Swetlana Krätschmar calls for participation in the memorial event on May 8 in Flensburg , from: May 5, 2018, accessed on: May 21, 2018
  2. ↑ Mayor Swetlana Krätschmar calls for participation in the memorial event on May 8 in Flensburg , from: May 5, 2018, accessed on: May 21, 2018
  3. ↑ Mayor Swetlana Krätschmar calls for participation in the memorial event on May 8 in Flensburg , from: May 5, 2018, accessed on: May 21, 2018