Griesheim Cemetery (Darmstadt-Dieburg)
| Griesheim cemetery | |
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 Mourning Hall (2016) |
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| Data | |
| place | Griesheim |
| Construction year | 1903 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '1.2 " N , 8 ° 33' 46.8" E |
The Griesheim cemetery in Friedhofsweg 10 is a partially listed cemetery in Griesheim .
History and description
The cemetery was laid out in 1903. The cemetery area on the northern edge of Griesheim is approx. 350 m long and approx. 150 m wide. The area is approximately 4.2 hectares. The modern mourning hall is in the south-west corner.
Listed tombs
The almost complete sculptural oeuvre of the Griesheim artist Daniel Dell (1869–1941) is located in the front part of the cemetery . The 55 preserved tombs date from the period between 1905 and 1920. These tombs are made of various stone materials. Stylistically, there is a variety of historicizing and Art Nouveau forms . The tombs are all signed and are mainly located along the cemetery wall.
Daniel Dell's sculptural work was strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau style of the Darmstadt artists' colony . Dell probably worked on the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt .
Monument protection
For artistic and historical reasons, the tombs of Daniel Dell are under monument protection .
literature
- Siegfried RCT Enders et al .: Darmstadt-Dieburg district. ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig 1988, ISBN 3-528-06235-5 , p. 185.