Melaten cemetery
The Melaten cemetery is the central cemetery of Cologne . It is located on the northern border of the Lindenthal district in the Cologne-Lindenthal district . It is bounded by Aachener Strasse to the south, Piusstrasse to the east, Oskar-Jäger-Strasse and Melatengürtel to the west, and Weinsbergstrasse to the north. The 435,000 m² cemetery is the largest in Cologne in terms of the number of graves (55,540; 2008).
The name "Melaten" comes from the home for the sick and lepers, the Melaten farm , which was documented here in the 12th century . In 1243 the "hoff to Malaten" was first mentioned in a document. The chapel of St. Maria Magdalena and Lazarus dates from 1245. The Rabenstein execution site was on the other side of Aachener Straße .
history
Creation of the Melatenfriedhof
During the French occupation of Cologne, which began on October 6, 1794, the funeral system changed through an imperial decree on burials ("Décret sur les sépultures"), issued by Napoleon on June 12, 1804. For hygienic reasons in particular, it banned funerals inside cities, villages and closed buildings.
The city administration therefore bought a piece of land on the site of the former leper asylum and had most of the buildings demolished. The chapel of the leper home was integrated into the cemetery. Ferdinand Franz Wallraf was commissioned to design the cemetery , who took the Paris Père Lachaise cemetery as a model. He described his plans in the 1809 publication “About the new Stadtkölnischen Kirchhof zu Melaten”. From the beginning, he also planned the cemetery as a recreation area and as a public green area . On June 29, 1810, the cathedral pastor Michael Joseph DuMont inaugurated the Melatenfriedhof and the cemeteries within the city were closed. The first burial took place here on July 1, 1810.
The cemetery was officially called "Gottesacker der Stadt Köln"; until 1829 only Catholics were allowed to be buried there. The Protestants were buried in the old Geusen cemetery in Weyertal, Jews up to the construction of the Jewish cemetery in 1903 in Deutz on the right bank of the Rhine . Despite several extensions to the cemetery, it became too small over time. To his relief was opened in 1896 the North Cemetery , 1901 the South Cemetery and 1917 the West cemetery and in 1946 the Eastern Cemetery .
Melaten in World War II
Melaten has been destroyed several times in the course of history. The former chapel of the leper home, which was repaired by Wallraf (1809) and Vincenz Statz (1850), was destroyed in 1942 and restored in a simplified way in 1952. The worst devastation was caused by aerial bombs on October 30 and 31, 1944. A memorial stone commemorates the more than 100 people of a wedding party who were bombed in a bunker on the edge of the cemetery at the gate to Aachener Straße. The imposing tomb for Wallraf and Johann Heinrich Richartz was also lost in World War II. Today only a simple tombstone reminds of both of them. After the Second World War, bombed out people temporarily looked for shelter and apartments in the tombs .
Melaten today
structure
The 435,000 m² cemetery consists of the Alten Ehrenfeld cemetery to the north on Weinsbergstrasse and the Melaten cemetery in the narrower sense. Both parts border on the Melaten Belt on an independently managed Jewish cemetery that is not accessible to the public . The Melaten cemetery is divided by a grid of rectangular paths; two main routes lead north from Aachener Strasse, both of which are crossed roughly in the middle by the east-west axis. In total there are 55,000 graves in the Melaten cemetery.
The oldest cemetery wall with the former main gate (Gate II) runs along Aachener Straße and dates from 1810. In 1874 and 1887, further entrances (Gate I and Gate III) were built east and west of Gate II, and in 1957 the new main entrance the Piusstrasse. Today the Melaten cemetery has six public entrances, three of them on Aachener Straße and one each on Piusstraße, Weinsbergstraße and Melatengürtel.
Mourning halls
The old mourning hall was built in neo-Romanesque form in 1880/81 according to designs by Heinrich Wiethase . Around 1916 a longitudinal axis was extended to the north, and Hans Verbeek and his colleague Klewitz created a classicist component with a loggia-like porch. After severe damage during the Second World War, it was rebuilt with a makeshift flat roof. It was not until 1955 that the new main entrance on Piusstraße was designed according to plans by Fritz Schaller and a significantly larger mourning hall was built there. As a result, the old hall finally lost its function and served only as a storage room for a long time. On the occasion of the desolate condition of the building - the old mourning hall must not be entered - the working group "Monument of the Month" in the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection presented the building as Monument of the Month August 2013 .
chapel
The chapel of St. Maria Magdalena and Lazarus , consecrated in 1245 by the Archbishop of Cologne, Konrad von Hochstaden , is located on Aachener Straße. After a renovation in 1475, it received that of St. Mary Magdalene alongside the patronage of St. John. In 2019 she received a new electronic organ from Kisselbach, which was inaugurated by the Saarland concert organist Lucas Kluck on November 1st. Cologne citizens are keen to revive and restore this almost forgotten historical site.
Inscriptions
At the old main entrance on Aachener Straße there is the inscription "Funeribus Agrippinensium Sacer Locus" (for the corpses of Cologne sacred place) above the archway. Further inscriptions on the side of the gate read: "Ave In Beatius Aevum Seposta Seges" (Greetings to you, seeds sown for a better future) and "Transi Non Sine Votis Mox Noster" (Do not pass by without pious prayers, you, soon ours).
Flora and fauna
While the cemetery was only sparsely planted at the beginning, this was to change from 1826 onwards due to the planting plan of the garden architect Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe , but his plan was only partially implemented for cost reasons. The main paths and the east-west axis, on which the most expensive graves are located, were planted with high, light avenues made of plane trees ( ancient death trees or mourning trees), the side paths with medium-high linden trees and rose bushes. Later, in the course of the expansions, the simpler tombs were joined by trees of life, maples, birches, weeping elms, Japanese cherry trees and trumpet trees. Some hallways are framed by hedges.
Over 40 species of birds live and breed in the Melatenfriedhof. Greenfinches , blue tits , woodpeckers , blackbirds , starlings or jackdaws , robins and bullfinches can be seen at the feeding stations and watering holes . Also collared and Alexandrine Parakeet , whose ancestors probably escaped from pet stores or the zoo, have adapted (as in many Cologne parks) to the prevailing conditions.
Squirrels , bats , feral cats and foxes round off the range of animals.
guides
Listed as a historical monument in 1980, the Melatenfriedhof is now an attractive destination, especially because of the many celebrities buried here, the interesting tombs and the park-like character of the complex, which is an ecological niche in the middle of the city. The system of designating fields, corridors and paths confuses some visitors because it is inconclusive; in addition, the field stones are often difficult to decipher.
Several times a year, guided tours of the cemetery are offered on weekends. At night or late in the evening, animal lovers can explore the wildlife on Melaten under supervision. For older citizens there is a free car service that drives them as close as possible to the graves.
Some of the greats of the Cologne Carnival (e.g. Willi Ostermann ) are in the cemetery . During the "fifth season", the Cologne Carnival, there are guided tours to the graves of well-known carnivalists, where visitors can learn stories and anecdotes about the deceased. The city of Cologne, among others, offers free tours. The Cologne City Association of the Nature Conservation Union ( NABU ) also offers natural history tours outside of the general opening times.
Sponsorship system
Encouraged by city curator Hiltrud Kier in 1981 and now adopted by many cities, the institute of grave sponsorship was established. A sponsor selects a listed grave complex whose right of use has expired, and then maintains and maintains it. In return, the sponsor has the right to burial in this grave site. User fees are only incurred after a new funeral. The name of the previously buried person could be engraved on the back of the new tombstone or moved there or the old inscription e.g. B. be covered with a plate. According to the new regulation, the original inscription must remain visible in the old place; new burials can be marked with plaques in front of the old grave.
A sponsorship grave and at the same time one of the most famous tombs on Melaten is the Grim Reaper, created by the sculptor August Schmiemann for the merchant Johann Müllemeister. The figure is holding an hourglass in the right hand and a scythe in the left hand. The godparents of this grave site, the Steinnus family of stonemasons, had their little son Martin buried there. They decorated the grave site with a frog, based on his nickname "Little Frog " . The Grim Reaper is located on the western main path, between hallways 82 and 76 B. The sponsorship system used to be one of three options for being buried in the Melatenfriedhof. The other two reasons were the place of residence in the parish, to which the Melatenfriedhof belongs, and the honorary citizenship of the city of Cologne. Due to the growing number of urn and anonymous burials, there is now an overhang of burial space, so that the Melaten cemetery was opened to residents of all parts of Cologne.
Celebrities on Melaten
(the corridor in brackets)
Meanings: HWG = eastern main route; MA = east-west axis (central axis, called “Millionallee”); Lit. (Littera = letter) = route marking; E (1-20) = hallway in the old Ehrenfeld cemetery
A-D
- August Adenauer (1872–1952), lawyer (hall 20 in E)
- Hanna Adenauer (1904–1978), Cologne city curator (hall 20 in E)
- Johann Franz Ahn (1796–1865), language teacher (MA between lit. V and W)
- Franz Albermann (1877–1959), sculptor (hall 37)
- Max Albermann (1870–1927), last mayor of Kalk (hall 20 in E)
- Wilhelm Albermann (1835–1913), sculptor (lit. L)
- Otto Andreae (1833–1910), entrepreneur and patron of the arts (MA between lit. P + Q)
- Wolfgang Anheisser (1929–1974), baritone (MA)
- Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927), Dadaist (hall 73a)
- Dirk Bach (1961–2012), actor, presenter, comedian (Lit C an Flur J (14))
- Alexander Bachem (1806–1878), Lord Mayor of Koblenz and Cologne
- Julius Bachem (1845–1918), publisher and politician (Hall 82)
- Fritz Bachschmidt (1928–1992), actor (hallway 63)
- Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969), pianist (hall 20 in E)
- Karl Band (1900–1995), architect (lit. C between lit. V and lit. W.)
- Gerd Baukhage (1911–1998), painter (hall 72a)
- Hermann Becker (1820–1885), Lord Mayor from 1875 to 1885 (HWG)
- Wilhelm von Becker (1835–1924), politician and mayor of Düsseldorf and Cologne (hall 73a)
- Werner Beinhauer (1896–1983), Romanist and Hispanicist (Hall 84)
- Erika Berger (1939–2016), author and sex consultant (Flur 4 O), with husband Richard Mahkorn
- Matthäus Biercher (1797–1869), architect (hallway 13 (H))
- Willy Birgel (1891–1973), actor (Lit. D)
- Elke Mascha Blankenburg (1943–2013), conductor (hallway 44)
- Hans Böckler (1875–1951), German politician and trade union official (Hall 60A)
- Lis Böhle (1901–1990), writer (lit. J)
- Rudolf zur Bonsen (1886–1952), District President (MA)
- Heinrich Bürgers (1820–1878), member of the Reichstag (grave not preserved)
- Theo Burauen (1906–1987), Lord Mayor from 1956 to 1973 (MA)
- Fritz Burgbacher (1900–1978), politician and energy economist, (Lit. R, between Lit. D and Lit. E)
- Norbert Burger (1932–2012), Lord Mayor of Cologne (HWG)
- Herbert Callhoff (1933–2016), composer and university professor (hallway 64 no. 469)
- Ludolf Camphausen (1803–1890), politician and banker (lit. L)
- Hermann Cardauns (1847–1925), historian (lit. B)
- Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1925-2004), journalist (Lit. J No. 269)
- Chargesheimer (1924–1971), photographer (hall 11 F: 65)
- Johann Classen-Kappelmann (1816–1879), entrepreneur and politician (lit. P)
- Franz Clouth (1838–1910), entrepreneur (MA)
- Sophia Czory (1930–1996), "Queen of the Roma" (MA, between HWG and Lit. H)
- Holger Czukay (1938-2017), avant-garde musician, rock bassist from Can (Corridor 10 (T) No. 73)
- Bernhard Deermann (1887–1982), politician and educator (Hall 36)
- Wilhelm Ludwig Deichmann (1798–1876), banker (MA)
- Daniel Heinrich Delius (1773–1832), District President in Cologne (HWG)
- René Deltgen (1909–1979), actor (Lit. D)
- Matthias Joseph de Noël (1782–1849), businessman, writer, art collector (lit. D)
- Hein Derichsweiler (1897–1972), sculptor (grave cleared)
- Nevio De Zordo (1943–2014), Italian bobsledder, restaurateur (Hall 17 U No. 555)
- Hubert Dormagen (1806–1886), German doctor, art collector, benefactor (hall 5 in P)
- Joseph DuMont (1811–1861), German newspaper publisher (HWG)
- Marcus DuMont (1784–1831), founder of the Kölnische Zeitung (HWG)
- Michael Joseph DuMont (1746–1818), cathedral priest (HWG)
E-H
- Christian Eckert (1874–1952), economist, rector of the University of Cologne (hallway 54)
- Eduard Endler (1860–1932), architect (hallway 72 A)
- Wilhelm Ewald (1878–1955), German heraldist and museum director (Hall 37)
- Jean Marie Farina (1809–1880), producer of Eau de Cologne (HWG XVI)
- Johann Baptist Farina (1758–1844), producer of Eau de Cologne (HWG XVII)
- Johann Maria Farina (1685–1766), Creator des Eau de Cologne (HWG XVIII)
- Johann Maria Carl Farina (1840–1896), producer of the Eau de Cologne . Honor grave (hallway 60)
- Arno Faust (1918–1984), painter, musician and caricaturist (Flur 64)
- Fritz Feinhals (1869–1940), chamber singer, Kgl. Bay. Court opera singer (HWG)
- Josef Feinhals (1867–1947), art patron, tobacco dealer (HWG)
- Adolf Fischer (1856–1914), Austrian art collector and donor; Honorary grave (hallway 76 A)
- Frieda Fischer-Wieruszowski (1874–1945), director of the Museum for East Asian Art ; Honorary grave (hallway 76 A)
- Karl Flach (1905–1997), German entrepreneur (Hall 20 in E)
- Otto H. Förster (1894–1975), art historian and director of the Cologne museums (MA)
- Martin Wilhelm Fonck (1752–1830), Vicar General in Aachen and Provost in Cologne (HWG)
- Robert Januarius von Frankenberg (1807–1873), General of the Infantry and Governor of Cologne (Lit. C)
- Peter Joseph Früh (1862–1915), founder of the Früh -Kölsch brewery (hall 72a)
- Peter Fuchs (1829–1898), German sculptor and cathedral sculptor at Cologne Cathedral (lit. R)
- Ludwig Gies (1887–1966), sculptor (Hall 44)
- Robert Görlinger (1888–1954), Lord Mayor from 1948 to 1949 (Hall 60a)
- Hermann Götting (1939–2004), collector and original from Cologne (Hall 28, No. 145)
- Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), doctor and revolutionary (lit. K)
- Anton Greven (1793–1870), publisher (Lit. O)
- Johann Wilhelm Greven (1820-1893), German publisher and bookseller (lit. R)
- Sigurd Greven (1908–1981), publisher (hall 54)
- Erwin Grochla (1921–1986), business economist (Hall 64A)
- Johann Joseph Gronewald (1804–1873), educator (lit. B)
- Everhard von Groote (1789–1864), Germanist, writer and politician (lit. C)
- Robert Grosche (1888–1967), theologian, cathedral chapter (MA)
- Johannes Gross (1932–1999), publicist (hallway 26 (Y))
- Leo Fritz Gruber (1908–2005), Photokina co-founder, photography collector and publicist (Hall 61)
- Hermann Grüneberg (1827–1894), chemist and founder of the Kalk Chemical Factory (MA at Flur 70)
- Bernhard Günther (1906–1981), politician (Hall 94)
- Alice Guszalewicz (1866–1940), opera singer (Flur 52)
- Eugen Guszalewicz (1867–1907), opera singer (Hall 52)
- Paulina Olga Guszalewicz (1897–1965), portrait, fashion and press illustrator (Hall 52)
- Wolfgang Hahn (1924–1987), art collector and chief restorer at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (hallway 56)
- Albin Hänseroth (1939-2004), Artistic Director of the Cologne Philharmonic (Hall 20 in E, No. 43)
- Josef Haubrich (1889–1961), lawyer, art collector and art patron (hall 72a)
- Herbert Hax (1933–2005), chairman of the “ Five Economic Ways” (Lit. O, No. 17–18)
- Iwan David Herstatt (1913–1995), banker (Lit. D)
- Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885), composer (HWG)
- Andreas Hillgruber (1925–1989), historian (hall 12 G)
I-P
- Hans Imhoff (1922–2007), entrepreneur, founder of the Chocolate Museum (Hall 58)
- Peter Joseph Imhoff (1768–1844), sculptor
- Wilhelm Joseph Imhoff (1791-1858), sculptor (hall 6 in Q)
- Karl Jachnick (1770–1851), Prussian major general
- Billy Jenkins (1885–1954), circus and variety artist (hallway 55)
- Carl Joest (1858–1942), industrialist in the sugar industry (HWG 23-24)
- Gerhard Jussenhoven (1911–2006), composer (hall 12 in C, no. 124–126)
- Hans Katzer (1919–1996), politician (Hall H)
- Engelbert Kayser (1840–1911), art dealer and entrepreneur (MA, between Lit. H and HWG)
- Gerhard Kegel (1912–2006), lawyer (hall 78, no. 42–44)
- Fritz Keller (1891–1943), pastor and Nazi victim (Hall 95)
- Friedrich Kempf (1908–2002), SJ, priest and church historian (hall 30e)
- István Kertész (1929–1973), conductor (lit. E)
- Irmgard Keun (1905–1982), writer (hall 12 in G)
- Joachim Koch (1954–2008), philosopher (hall 73 No. 182)
- Wilhelm Koch (1845–1891), dialect author (hall 58)
- Jacob Koerfer (1875–1930), architect of the "high-rise" at Hansaring (MA)
- Heinz Günther Konsalik (1921–1999), writer (hall 69a)
- Wolfgang Korruhn (1937–2003), TV presenter and journalist (Lit. U, No. 313)
- Karel Krautgartner (1922–1982), jazz musician (hallway R4 No. 124)
- Hildegard Krekel (1952–2013), actress and voice actress (Hall 19 (D))
- Karl Küpper (1905–1970), carnivalist (hall 69 A)
- Heinz Ladendorf (1909–1992), art historian (hall 84)
- Eugen Langen (1833–1895), engineer and inventor (HWG)
- Carl Leibl (1784–1870), cathedral music director in Cologne (lit. L, between HWG + lit. P)
- Otto Leichtenstern (1845–1900), doctor (grave cleared)
- Jaki Liebezeit (1938-2017), avant-garde drummer and co-founder of Can (Corridor 10 (T))
- Thomas Liessem (1900–1973), carnivalist (hallway 35)
- Franz Anton Löhr (1874–1918), sculptor (Lit. U)
- Jakob Johann Lyversberg (1761–1834), wholesale merchant and art collector (HWG)
- Richard Mahkorn (1943–2007), editor-in-chief of Quick (magazine) (Flur 4 O), with his wife Erika Berger
- Max Martersteig (1853–1926), writer and theater director (hall 20 in E)
- Maria Clementine Martin (1775–1843), nun and inventor of the nun's melissa spirit (lit. J)
- Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Reich Chancellor (Lit. F)
- Georg Meistermann (1911–1990), artist (hall 11 in F)
- Peter Heinrich Merkens (1777-1854), entrepreneur and politician (HWG)
- Gustav von Mevissen (1815–1899), entrepreneur and politician (HWG)
- Lucy Millowitsch (1905–1990), actress (hall 72a)
- Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), actor (hall 72a)
- Josef Moest (1873–1914), sculptor, (Hall 44)
- Wilhelm Mülhens (1762–1841), German businessman (lit. H)
- Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873), poet (HWG)
- Horst Muys (1925–1970), carnivalist (lit. L)
- Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902–1968), painter (hall 43)
- John van Nes Ziegler (1921-2006), politician (hallway 82)
- Alfred Neven DuMont (1868-1940), publisher (hallway 63A)
- Alice Neven DuMont (1877-1964), social and local politician (Corridor 63A)
- Manfred Niehaus (1933–2013), composer, violist, choir director and radio editor (Hall 11 (F) No. 55)
- Marie-Luise Nikuta (1938–2020), dialect singer (lit. F)
- Alfred Nourney (1892–1972), survivor of the sinking of the Titanic (MA)
- Emil (1833–1897) and Laura Oelbermann (1846–1929), benefactress and benefactor (MA at Flur 70)
- Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim (1934-2005), private banker (HWG)
- Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim (1900–1978), private banker (HWG)
- Willi Ostermann (1876–1936), composer; Honorary grave (lit. R)
- August von Othegraven (1864–1946), composer (Lit. A)
- Karl Thomas von Othegraven (1769-1844), Prussian Lieutenant General of the Wars of Liberation (HWG)
- Nicolaus August Otto (1832–1891), inventor of the Otto engine of the same name (lit. C)
- Heinrich Pachl (1943–2012), cabaret artist (Hall 76 A)
- Gert von Paczensky (1925–2014), journalist and writer (Lit. K No. 225)
- Emil Pfeifer (1806–1889), industrialist (HWG)
- Hermann Otto Pflaume (1830–1901), architect (MA at Flur 70a)
- Gunther Philipp (1918–2003), actor (Lit. D)
- Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter and photographer (Lit. D No. 28)
- Hermann Pünder (1888–1976), Lord Mayor from 1945 to 1948 (Lit. J)
Q-Z
- Anton Räderscheidt (1892–1970), painter (lit. V, between lit. E + F)
- Klaus Peter Rauen (1935–2018), politician (Corridor 32 No. 190/192)
- Eugen Adolf Rautenstrauch (1843–1900), s. Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (MA)
- August Reichensperger (1808–1895), lawyer, politician and sponsor of Cologne Cathedral (lit. F)
- Heinrich Reissdorf , owner of the Reissdorf -Kölsch brewery (hallway 72)
- Fritz Rémond junior (1902–1976), actor and theater director (lit. J)
- Rudolf Reuter (1891–1977), librarian and adult educator (95 No. 310-11)
- Johann Heinrich Richartz (1796–1861), cf. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (HWG)
- Albert Richter (1912–1940), racing cyclist (hallway E 8)
- Wilhelm Riphahn (1889–1963), architect (Lit. V)
- Joseph Roesberg (1824–1871), composer and lyricist (lit. E)
- Josef Rosemeyer (1872–1919), track cyclist, inventor and entrepreneur (Hall 94)
- Kurt Rossa (1930–1998), City Director from 1977 to 1989 (HWG)
- Dieter Friedrich Graf von Rothenburg , entrepreneur (HWG)
- Wilhelm Salber (1928–2016), psychologist and philosopher (Lit. B No. 109)
- August Sander (1876–1964), photographer (hallway 87)
- Erich Sander (1903–1944), photographer (hallway 87)
- Heinz Schacht (1909–1987), actor (lit. D, between lit. V and lit. W)
- Peter Schaeven (1885–1958), politician (hall 64a)
- Mathias Joseph Scheeben (1835–1888), theologian (hall 31)
- Elisabeth Scherer (1914–2013), actress (Corridor 16 (A))
- Jupp Schmitz (1901–1991), composer and singer (hallway X1)
- Elsa Scholten (1902–1981), actress (grave cleared)
- Bernard Schultze (1915-2005), painter (Hall 39)
- Ernst Schwering (1886–1962), Lord Mayor 1948, 1949–1950, 1951–1956 (Corridor 19 (D))
- Leo Schwering (1883–1971), historian, teacher and politician (Corridor 19 (D))
- Helma Seitz (1913–1995), actress (Flur 13 (H))
- Florian von Seydlitz (1777–1832), Prussian major general (lit. C, between HWG + lit. H)
- Günter Siefarth (1929–2002), journalist (Lit. F)
- Vincenz Statz (1819–1898), architect and sculptor (MA)
- Johann Adolf Steinberger (1777–1866), Lord Mayor from 1823 to 1848 (Lit. F)
- Toni Steingass (1921–1987), composer and publisher (Hall 29)
- Ludwig Stollwerck (1857–1922), manufacturer (hall 73a)
- Rolf Stommelen (1943–1983), racing driver (Hall 72)
- Hermann Joseph Stupp (1793–1870), Lord Mayor from 1851 to 1863 (Lit. J)
- Cornelius Stüssgen (1877–1956), founder of the Stüssgen supermarket chain (hall 60)
- Josef Sudbrack , (1925-2010), Jesuit , writer (hall 30, grave 3)
- Willi Suth (1881–1956), City Director from 1946 to 1953 (Corridor 60a)
- Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944), writer called "Nonni" (HWG at hall 19)
- Christine Teusch (1888–1968), politician (hallway 87)
- Gisela Uhlen (1919–2007), actress (Lit. D)
- Klaus Ulonska (1942–2015), track and field athlete and sports official (HWG)
- Oswald Mathias Ungers (1926–2007), architect and architectural theorist (Lit. V No. 96–98)
- Els Vordemberge (1902–1999), actress, radio play speaker and director of children's radio at WDR (lit. J)
- Friedrich Vordemberge (1897-1981), painter and director of the Cologne Werkschulen (lit. J)
- Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (1748-1824), cf. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (HWG)
- Max Wallraf (1859–1941), Lord Mayor from 1907 to 1917 (MA)
- Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), politician, Federal Foreign Minister 2009 to 2013 (MA)
- Johann Peter Weyer (1794–1864), Cologne city architect (lit. G)
- Willy Weyres (1903–1989), Cologne cathedral master builder from 1944 to 1972 (lit. J)
- Erwin Wickert (1915–2008), diplomat and writer (Lit. L No. 101/102)
- Leopold von Wiese (1876–1969), German sociologist (lit. C)
- Peter Winkelnkemper (1902–1944), Lord Mayor from 1940 to 1944 (grave cleared)
- Johann Christoph Winters (1772–1862), founder of the Hänneschen Theater (hall 20 in E)
- Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), politician, SPD (hall 3 in N)
- Hermann von Wissmann (1853–1905), Governor of German East Africa (hallway 60a)
- Heinrich von Wittgenstein (1797–1869), Prussian District President (HWG)
- Otto Wolff (1881–1940), industrialist (HWG)
- Otto Wolff von Amerongen (1918–2007), entrepreneur, cf. Otto Wolff Group (HWG)
- Ernst Friedrich Zwirner (1802–1861), architect and master builder (HWG)
literature
- Josef Abt & Wolfgang Vomm: The Cologne Melaten Cemetery . 1986, ISBN 3-7743-0182-4
- Josef Abt, Johann Ralf Beines & Celia Körper-Leupold: Melaten Cemetery: Cologne Graves and History . Cologne 1997, Greven Verlag, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3
- Armin Beuscher, Asja Bölke, Günter Leitner, Antje Löhr-Sieberg & Anselm Weyer: Melaten tells of Protestant life. A tour. Published by Annette Scholl on behalf of the Evangelical Community of Cologne . 2010, ISBN 978-3-942186-01-8
- Hilde Cornelius & Cornelia Geiecke: Living past: artists, works of art, Cologne residents at the Melaten cemetery , ISBN 3-929769-43-3
- Ayhan Demirci: Melaten: Myth and Legends . 1996, ISBN 3-87909-479-9
- Peter Guckel: The bird with the stone. A tomb in the Melatenfriedhof in Cologne - a reflection . 2005, ISBN 3-934233-03-1
- Irmgart Hort: Lepers in Melaten: Rules for Diagnosing Disease, around 1540/1580 , in: Joachim Deeters / Johannes Helmrath (ed.): Sources for the history of the city of Cologne Vol. 2, Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times (1396–1794), Bachem Cologne 1996 pp. 168–173 ISBN 3-7616-1285-0
- Franz Irsigler / Arnold Lassotta: beggars and jugglers, dirnen and executioners , dtv Munich 9th edition 2001, especially the chapter "Lepers", pp. 69–86 ISBN 3-423-30075-2
- Hermann Kinder : My Melaten. The Methuselah novel , Frankfurt am Main, 2006
- GH Klövekorn: The leprosy in Cologne , Leverkusen 1966
- Günter Leitner: Cemeteries in Cologne - in the middle of life. 2003, ISBN 978-3-936333-01-5
- Josef Mahlmeister : The Cologne Melaten Cemetery and the Vienna Central Cemetery. Photo book with angel pictures , Palabros de Cologne, Cologne am Rhein, 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810559-8-6
- Wolfgang Oelsner: A guided tour through the Cologne carnival at the Melaten cemetery . 1998 2nd edition, ISBN 3-9806384-0-5
- Ilona Priebe: Melaten cemetery on foot . 2004, ISBN 3-7616-1806-9
- Detlef Rick: Melaten. Graves tell the history of the city . 2006, ISBN 978-3-89705-476-9 (a comprehensive guide with detailed maps)
- Max-Leo Schwering: Cologne. Braunsfeld - Melaten (Publications of the Cologne City Museum Volume 6, edited by Werner Schäfke ) , with contributions by Wolfram Hagspiel , Ulrich S. Soénius and Matthias von der Bank, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-927396-93-1 .
- Wolfgang Stöcker: The last rooms. Death and funeral culture in the Rhineland since the late 18th century , 2006, ISBN 3-412-29105-6 ; with text and images on the Melatenfriedhof
- Martin Uhrmacher : So we find you as an eynen sick and seichen manne ... Cologne as the center of leprosy show for the Rhineland in the Middle Ages and early modern times , in: Die Klapper. Journal of the Society for Leprosy, Volume 8, 2000 Online
- Marianne Vogt-Werling and Michael Werling : The Melaten Cemetery in Cologne. All monuments and their future , Greven, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7743-0471-0 .
- Gerlinde Volland: Mourning in a female form. Grave sculpture around 1900 using the example of the Melaten cemetery in Cologne. In: Preservation of monuments in the Rhineland, 1/1998
Web links
- Information page of the city of Cologne with an overview map
- Melaten cemetery map (PDF) (313 kB)
- Complete list of graves worth preserving at the Melatenfriedhof (with sponsors if necessary)
- Event calendar of the city of Cologne with guided tours through Melaten
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Abt, Johannes Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten. Cologne graves and history. Cologne 1997.
- ↑ Heribert Rösgen: Monument of the month: It looks sad at the Melatenfriedhof. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, August 29, 2013, accessed on December 15, 2019 (German).
- ^ Monument protection and maintenance of grave complexes. In: stadt-koeln.de. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
- ↑ burial place. In: findagrave.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 22 ″ N , 6 ° 55 ′ 9 ″ E