Griesheim cemetery

The Griesheim cemetery is the cemetery in the Griesheim district of the city of Frankfurt am Main .

The cemetery with the address Waldschulstraße 79 borders the Eberhard-Wildermuth settlement , has an area of ​​4.5  hectares and offers space for 3,300 graves. It was opened on April 1, 1897. It is a listed building as a whole. In addition, the objects mentioned below and a large number of graves are under monument protection.

Entrance portal

Entrance portal

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The neoclassical entrance portal was based on the classical portal to the Frankfurt main cemetery . The building was probably built according to a design by the Frankfurt architect Jean Carl Heinrich Gramm . The client was the Griesheim-Elektron chemical factory . It is a single-yoke propylon of the Tuscan order in memory of 26 workers killed in an explosion on April 24, 1901 at the plant. The surrounding walls are adorned with meander friezes. On the inside there are bronze plaques with the names of the dead. The gable, which was destroyed in World War II , was not rebuilt.

Victim of labor

Memorial "Victims of Labor"

The victim of the work is a collective burial site commissioned by IG Farben , Griesheim plant for workers who have been killed in the plant since 1917. The monument in the form of a cube was created according to the designs of a sculpting class by Prof. Richard Lisker . Around the cube there are lying stone slabs with the names of the deceased.

Warrior Memorial

In the cemetery there is the war memorial based on a design by Heiner Hamburger and Paul Anton Seiler from 1920 in the form of a lying cross. The memorial is a horticultural complex with 96 podium stones around a central monumental lying cross with the names of the war dead. Lying warriors by the Frankfurt sculptor Paul Anton Seiler flank the stairway access to the memorial, which was ceremoniously opened on November 24, 1929. The overall design comes from the Frankfurt architect Heiner Hamburger.

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Monument 1870/71

Monument 1870/71

The memorial for the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71 is a classicist obelisk from 1897.

Columbaria

Columbarium

The columbarium on the cemetery wall is a three-bay, temple-like complex with extending side wings for a total of 56 urns in neoclassical shapes. It was built in 1914 by the Griesheim cremation association founded in 1911.

On the opposite side of the cemetery, at the north wall, a new columbarium for 304 urns was built in 1924. The U-shaped facility was expanded in 1957 to include walls for a further 96 urns.

The Cullmann grave (Gewann A, grave 54), a neo-Gothic sandstone cross from 1855, serves as a collection point for expired urns from the columbarium. The cross was probably moved from the cemetery (Nathal-Trier-Straße) that existed between 1832 and 1877.

memorial

At the intersection of the main paths of tubs A, B, C and D, a memorial was erected on the base of a crucifix that was destroyed in World War II. It consists of iron U-profiles and bears the inscription "To the victims 1939–1945". The memorial plaque was designed by Knorr in 1982.

Listed graves

image	Won	Name (s)	year	Stonemason	description
0	A / 7-9	Meisenheimer	1898	0	Stele in neo-renaissance forms made of polished black granite with partially preserved enclosure
	A / 14-15	Horse	1898	0	Obelisk on a high polished black granite base
	A / 50-51	Elsenheimer	1901	0	Cross memorial on a high base made of polished black granite. The figure of Christ crucified on it is made of electroplated bronze.
	A / 54	Cullmann	1855	0	Neo-Gothic sandstone cross, presumably translocated from the 1832-1877 existing cemetery in the Nathan-Trier road. Collection point for expired urns from the columbaria.
	A / 100-101	boss	1908	0	Small, socketless obelisk made of polished black granite
	A / 102-103	Lehmann	1908	0	Obelisk on a small base with an engraved geometric decorative frieze made of polished black granite
	B / 15	Rimpler	1935	Johann Temple	Stele with cross relief, the side surfaces stepped, made of polished diabase .
	B / 17	Pleva	1935	0	Polished diabase stele. In the arch of the stepped gable there is a bust relief of a mourning woman.
0	B / 18	Frank	1934	0	Tripartite stele made of dark diabase. In the arched niche of the raised central part there is a relief of Christ carrying the cross. The side parts are horizontally structured expressionistically by prisms.
	B / 19-20	Grünewald	1934	Johann Temple	Two writing stelae made of polished diabase, connected by a common lintel. In the space there is a cross made of slender bronze profiles
	B / 22	Lotter man	1941	Johann Temple	Writing stele made of cut diabase. A stylized flower relief in the gable-like keystone.
	B / 23	Albers	1936	Johann Temple	Cross stele with a Christ head in relief made of polished diabase
	B / 49	Weber	1946	Johann Temple	Stele with cross relief between flat blocks of inscription made of polished Lahn marble
	B / 56-57	Speier-Grünewald	1901	0	Marble sculpture of a mourner in front of a stump of a column on a block-like granite plinth
	B / 119	Goebel	1957	Anton Woger (Mayen)	Basalt lava stele with a slightly rounded outline. The relief shows the three women meeting the angel at the empty tomb of Christ
0	B / 124	Bollmann	1946	Johann Temple	Reclining written stele with a sarcophagus-like end made of cut red Main sandstone and decorated with festoon relief
	B / 144	Müller	1943	Johann Temple	Rectangular stele with a portrait relief made of polished, light Gravenhorster sandstone
	B / 149	Eisel	1943	Johann Temple	Lying desk-like relief plate with a crucifixion group made of corded diabase
	B / 320	pier	1920	0	Cross stele made of red sandstone seemingly composed of tree trunks
	C / 137-138	Strong	1911	0	Writing stele with corrugated gable, laterally framed by volute-like supports, made of polished black granite.
	C / 150-152	Conrad Ries	1914	0	Neoclassical aedicula between limestone inscription stones. In the arch of the gable there is a relief with a cross and an olive branch.
	C / 157-158	Bernd	1914	J. Hössbacher	Aedicule-like wall stele with sparingly applied decorative engraving made of polished black granite.
	C / 140-141	Strong	1911	0	Formally similar monument to C 137-138 made of polished black granite.
	C / 159-160	temple	1913/1937	Johann Tempel, 1913, Möritz, 1973	Grave of the stone mason Johann Tempel (1853–1913) from Griesheim. The wall memorial consists of a relief and inscription board, which are held by two pillars made of polished dark biabase, emphasized by slender bronze crosses.
	C / 161	Metz	1914	0	Wall stele made of bush hammered dark granite with inlaid writing tablet made of polished black granite. The writing field in the upper half is surrounded by a garland in relief
	C / 162-163	Dept	1914	0	Neoclassical aedicule made of chained granite, a niche-filling tablet made of polished black granite
	C / 174-175	wolf	1915	0	Aedicule-like wall plate made of limestone, in the arched area a writing plate made of polished black granite
	C / 181-182	Hemmerle	1915	J. Becker (Nied)	Three-winged monument from Kunst-Kalkheim with a central aedicule in geometrically simplified neoclassical forms. The aediculan is filled with a crucifix. The cross is in relief in front of rose tendrils. The figure of Christ is made of electroplated bronze. There is a wreath relief in the tympanum
	C / 185-187	Kistinger	1923	F. Hofmeister	Three-winged stele made of bush hammered and polished black granite under a central round arch
	C / 193-194	Conrad	1933	0	Neoclassical monument made of sharpened granite in the shape of an aedicule with inset plaques made of polished black granite. In the gable triangle there is a relief wreath with a set cross.
	C / 197-199	Young	1929	Moeritz	Broad aedicula made of artificial stone in simplified forms of neoclassicism
	C / 200-201	Weber	1917	0	Obelisk monument across the corner made of polished black granite in the tradition of the late 19th century
	C / 224-225	Günther	1914	0	Neoclassical aedicula with fluted pilasters made of artificial limestone supporting a tail gable of broken outline. The writing field is made of black granite.
	C / 229a	Ickstadt-Schroth	1942	0	Three-lane stele made of polished limestone. The central plaque is flanked by the reliefs of two grieving women.
	C / 232-233	Schwerberger	1921	0	Three-part granite stele with a curved contour reinforced by a stylized tendril frieze. In the risalit-like protruding middle part above the raised writing a tondo with relief Masonic symbols
	C / 290	Griebel	1946	Johann Temple	Storage wall stele with stepped sides and the same roof made of cut Kudova sandstone. Under the writing field there is a relief with a cross and palm branches
	C / 374	temple	1946	Johann Temple	In the manner of a terrace parapet with a bench projecting on one side over a corner, steles made of red Main sandstone. In the arched niche there is a relief of a reclining female figure.
	D / 327-328	Werner	1918	0	Three-winged monument of neoclassicism made of cut limestone. In the central arched niche there is a plaque made of polished black granite and a relief of Christ carrying the cross made of galvanized bronze.
	D / 321-322	Strong	1919	0	Three-winged stele made of bush-hammered black Swedish granite. The raised lettering and the central arched field adorned with a flower bowl in relief are polished.
	D / 323-325	Hamburger minor	1920	0	Neoclassical tomb as a three-bay temple facade made of artificial limestone. The side yokes have portrait reliefs.
	D / 331-332	Kinkel	1910	0	Polished black granite stele with multiple broken gable contour and decorative engraving in Art Nouveau style
	D / north wall, border to B	Peter Hafner	1888	0	Tomb of Peter Hafner (1818–1888), mayor. The tombstone is a red sandstone stele in Renaissance shapes. The gable-like roof is decorated with floral reliefs. Below is a wreath in relief.
	E / 145	Dopf	1930	Wilhelm Halm	Three-lane stele made of finely ground diabase with a medium emphasis of a Christ head in relief with a crown of thorns
	E / 147	Becker	1932	Johann Temple	Three-part stele with overlapping keystone made of matt-cut diabase
	E / 148	Judge	1931	Johann Temple	Three-part stele made of matt-cut diabase. The narrow, raised middle section is emphasized by a relief based on the Orpheus legend. The memorial was cleared in 2015.
	E / 149	Bohne	1931	0	Asymmetrical stele in strict geometric shapes made of matt-cut diabase
	E / 150	Rühl	1931	Johann Temple	Wall stele, framed by corner pillars, made of matt-cut diabase with a dominant relief of a wreath, penetrated by palm branches.
	E / 154	Happ	1932	Johann Temple	Three-part staggered stele made of matt-cut diabase. In the median there is a relief of Christ carrying the cross. The pages are divided horizontally in an expressionist style.
	E / 155	Place	1932	0	Three-part, spherical-crowned wall stele with edge pillars of different heights made of cut diabase.
	E / 160	black	1933	Johann Temple	Wall stele with the appearance of an aedicula made of polished diabase. In the arched area there is a cross relief with leaf decoration.
	E / 161	Müller	1934	Johann Temple	Aedicula made of polished diabase, traced back to basic stereometric shapes.
	E / 162	Ruppel-Hartmann	1934	Johann Temple	Aedicular-shaped stele with a central relief of Christ
	E / 163	Amend	1933	0	Wall stele made of cut diabase, emphasized axially by a crucifix relief
	F / 71-72	Rooster	1926	Johann Temple; Relief design: Heiner Hamburger, architect	Writing stele with a cross medallion in relief, framed by prismatic pillars made of polished Hessian syenite
	F / 75-76	Schmidt	1925	0	Massive aedicula made of artificial limestone
	F / 180-181	Roscher	1936	Johann Temple	Tablet with round-arched flower relief between corner pillars made of polished diabase, structured vertically by fluting and horizontally by indicated cornices.
	F / 182-183	Schrenker	1940	Johann Temple	Three-lane stele made of cut diabase, connected by writing bars. Axially a Christ head in relief
	G / 2	Hunn	1958	Heinz Möritz, formerly Johann Tempel	Bulged stele made of bush hammered diabase with raised, polished writing.
	G / 6	Ziegler	1949	Johann Temple	Three-lane stele with axial cross relief in the tradition of the 1930s made of matt-cut diabase.
	G / 59	Flick-Wenzel	1952	Johann Temple	Rectangular stele with a relief of a mourning woman made of tied diabase.
	G / 61	Euler	1953	Johann Temple	Standing memorial with a relief of the Orpheus legend and antiquated script corresponding to the 19th century.
	H / 4	Becker	1948	Johann Temple	Serial monument in the aesthetic taste of the 1930s made of matt-cut diabase
	H / 5	Grünewald	1948	Johann Temple	Serial stele like H4
	J / 132	Bielert	1956	Heinz Moeritz	Stele made of strapped diabase with planes that are offset at an angle to separate the text field and the relief of a mourning woman.

literature

• Volker Rödel: Monument topography: The Frankfurt district cemeteries , ISBN 978-3-921606-61-2 , status 2006, pp. 70–87
• City of Frankfurt am Main: The cemetery guide, March 2012

Web links

Commons : Friedhof Griesheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 8.4 ″  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 4.1 ″  E