Grötzingen cemetery
The Grötzingen cemetery is a cemetery complex in the Grötzingen district to the east of the city of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg . The cemetery area has an approximate size of two hectares and was laid out in the style of a park cemetery .
history
The first finds that suggest a burial site can be traced back to the 10th century. During this time, the village of Grötzingen was first mentioned as the property of the Weissenburg monastery in Alsace . On the basis of archaeological excavations, however, grave finds could be proven that are even older than the date when the place was founded.
Not far from the Protestant town church of Grötzingen , which was built in the late half of the 13th century, there was a cemetery area behind the rectory. This cemetery was in use until it was closed in 1924. There are still twelve partially preserved tombstones on this today.
Today's cemetery
Today's cemetery was laid out in 1916 after the previously used old cemetery at the Grötzingen town church became too small. Today's cemetery was not opened until 1924 due to the First World War . In 1928 the cemetery was given a striking octagonal cemetery chapel according to the plans of the Karlsruhe architects Arthur Pfeifer and Hans Großmann. The style elements of the building are a mixture of Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism . The chapel is a cultural monument and has been a listed building since 1993. In front of the chapel there is a Pietà by the sculptor Karl Seckinger from 1970. It is a memorial to the victims of the two world wars.
Graves of known people
The graves of some well-known people are located in the Grötzingen cemetery:
- Friedrich Kallmorgen (1856–1924), painter and founder of the Grötzinger painter colony
- Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen (1857–1916), painter
- Karl Seckinger (1897–1978), sculptor
See also
Web links
- The cemetery on the side of the city of Karlsruhe
- The cemetery on the side of the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 12.7 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 40.1 ″ E