Höngg cemetery
The Höngg cemetery is a cemetery in the Höngg district in the north-west of Zurich . It is located south of the Reformed Church of Höngg in an elevated position above the Limmat Valley .
history
The old churchyard around the reformed church of Höngg has been a burial place since the 15th century. The area close to the church has existed in its current size since 1846, when a heavyweight wall was built downhill to secure it. In 1902 a morgue was built below the churchyard wall. When Höngg became part of the city of Zurich as part of the second incorporation, the cemetery below the heavyweight wall was expanded to its present size according to plans by Gustav Ammann. Since the Höngg cemetery was replaced by the newer Hönggerberg cemetery due to the building boom after the Second World War , the grave fields were gradually closed with the exception of a few family graves in the years 1961–1973. In 1989 the Höngg cemetery was included in the inventory of the garden monument preservation of the city of Zurich.
Area and buildings
The Höngg cemetery impresses with its unusual location above the Europabrücke bridge and the Höngger vineyard on the southern front of the Höngg reformed church. The cemetery is accessible from three sides: from the portico of the church, from Wettingertobel and from Bauherrenstrasse . The complex extends over two terraces, the upper one being mostly set up as a tomb museum. The former morgue, which is now used as an office building, towers over the Wettingertobel. The high gravity wall, which is clearly visible from the Limmat Valley, separates the upper, older part of the cemetery from the lower. This has two burial fields of roughly the same size in the eastern area. A horse chestnut avenue leads through the lower cemetery area.
Graves of important personalities
The Höngg cemetery is the final resting place of:
- Paul Zweifel, died 1989, mayor and founder of the company Zweifel
See also
literature
- Norbert Loacker , Christoph Hänsli: Where Zurich comes to rest. The cemeteries of the city of Zurich. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-280-02809-4 .
- Daniel Foppa: Famous and forgotten dead in Zurich's cemeteries. 2nd, supplemented and updated edition. Limmat, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-85791-446-7 .
Web links
- https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/gsz/natur-_und_erlebnisraeume/friedhoefe.html
- https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/bevoelkerungsamt/bestattungs-_und_friedhofamt/friedhoefe/prominente_verstorbene.html
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedhof Höngg on the website of the City of Zurich
- ^ A b Norbert Loacker, Christoph Hänsli: Where Zurich comes to rest. 1998, pp. 69-70.