Garmisch cemetery

The municipality-owned Garmisch cemetery in the northwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen was built in 1925 and is still in use today. The complex is a listed building on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973, the file number is D-1-80-117-57.

General

The entire complex was built by Hans Ostler in 1925 after the old cemetery at the parish church of St. Martin became too small. The funeral hall is a central gable building in a wing with symmetrical wing structures in which the guard's apartment and ancillary rooms are located. The cemetery wall consists of quarry stone, in the corners there are tower-like tombs . A crypt hall was built on two sides of the cemetery area.

Graves of known people

• Michaela Geiger , German politician
• Richard Strauss , composer and conductor
• Gerhard Stolze , opera singer

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Web links

• Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )

Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '3.7 "  N , 11 ° 5' 2.5"  E