Lübbecke cemetery
The municipal cemetery Lübbecke is the central urban , non-denominational and largest cemetery in the East Westphalian city of Lübbecke and is located in the southeastern area of the Lübbecker core city , in the area of the Matthäus district of the Protestant parish of Lübbecke . It is around eight hectares and lies between 80 and 120 meters above sea level on a hillside on the northern slope of the Wiehengebirge .
Many of his graves are under monument protection, for example the family grave (hereditary burial) of the Barre family and numerous other graves or tombstones. Since July 11, 1990, the cemetery itself has also been listed and has the monument number 70. In contrast to the other cemeteries in the other parishes in the city of Lübbecke, the cemetery is further away from a church in the parish. The St. Andrew's Church is situated about 600 meters to the west in the area of Old Town. Therefore, the cemetery has its own cemetery chapel, which is the size of a smaller church and can accommodate around 200 mourners.
history
The first mention of a cemetery in Lübbecke right next to St. Andrew's Church dates back to 1305. Changes to the Prussian land law in 1799 no longer allowed burials within the city center. In addition, the area still available at St. Andrew's Church was no longer sufficient for the construction of additional graves. As the population grew - in 1800 about 2,000 inhabitants; At the end of the 1830s over 2,500 - the need for a new cemetery arose.
After lengthy planning, the new Lübbecker cemetery was inaugurated on July 7, 1839, with a share of the upper peasantry (the upper peasantry belonged to the parish of Lübbecke under canon law until the end of 1969). It was located relatively far outside the central city development.
As part of an expansion of the facility, a Jewish cemetery section was also added. Originally the Jewish community owned a cemetery place in the Feldmark near Rahdener Straße, which had to be repeatedly adapted and expanded to suit the respective population. The last acquisition between the two world wars took place in 1926. After the Second World War, there were repeated acquisitions. The last part of the cemetery, which extended west to Berliner Strasse, was inaugurated on November 18, 1998.
The municipal cemetery chapel has been in use since 1950. Like the cemetery itself, it is available to all denominations and worldviews. Particularly after 1945, the residential area of Lübbecke grew significantly, especially to the north and east, so that today Lübbecke and the Gehlenbeck district have grown together and the Lübbecke cemetery is clearly within the urban development - there are hardly any undeveloped open spaces that border the cemetery, which is another possibility for expansion restricts.
The lime tree avenue designed in 1896 is considered the jewel of the cemetery, which today extends from north to south as a fountain gallery with its old trees in the middle. On top of it lie two large stone basins, from which cemetery visitors can draw water with iron watering cans.
location
The cemetery borders Gehlenbecker Strasse in the north for around 150 meters . At the west end in the area of the nursery there is a small visitor parking lot. In the north-west, after the last expansion, it borders directly on Berliner Straße , the federal highway B 239, in the west on building plots on the street Tilkenbreite and on urban open spaces east of the Wittekind-Gymnasium , in the south since the penultimate expansion in the 1980s to around 150 meters to building plots of Oberen Tilkenbreite and in the east to around 440 meters to the street Am Friedhof . The cemetery is fenced. Entrances are in the north on Gehlenbecker Straße, in the east on “Am Friedhof” and in the south-west from a footpath that runs along the open space at the grammar school.
Cemetery chapel
The construction of a cemetery chapel was planned for the end of the 1930s, but could not be realized due to the war. After the end of the war, the plan based on the design by the Lübbeck architect Bünemann was taken up again, and the chapel has been available since January 28, 1950.
Established businesses
Directly at the cemetery, a cemetery nursery called the Schwarze nursery , a stone mason for gravestones with the stonemason Schütz and an undertaker in spatial terms with the Grothe company have settled down for generations .
More cemeteries
In the area of the city of Lübbecke there have been further cemeteries in the villages of Blasheim, Alswede, Gehlenbeck and Nettelstedt since the regional reform. The named villages are the parishes of the respective parishes, whose area, with the exception of one, lie entirely in the area of the city of Lübbecke. Only the parish of Alswede is only partly on Lübbeck territory and also includes areas north of the Mittelland Canal. In addition, there are some smaller hereditary burials in the area of the city as well as some graves from old times at the historical location of the Lübbecke cemetery next to the St. Andrew's Church.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ measured mean TIM-Online NRW
- ^ City of Lübbecke - Guide to bereavement
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 15.8 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 34 ″ E