Rüppurr cemetery
The Rüppurr Cemetery is a grave complex in the southern district of Rüppurr in the city of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg . The cemetery area has a size of approx. 4.2 hectares and is laid out in the style of a park cemetery .
history
The district cemetery Rüppurr was first mentioned in a document in 1594 by Margrave Ernst Friedrich . The laying of the foundation stone of the grave complex is dated between 1582 and 1586. The cemetery has been expanded several times over the centuries. The last time this happened was in 1954 when a new area on the western side of the river was released for expansion. The new mourning hall was also built on this side. To the north of the hall, a field of honor was inaugurated in 1964 for those who fell in the two world wars . There is also a burial ground for the Protestant deaconess sisters on the site .
In 1908, today's church building at the cemetery was inaugurated, the Protestant Church of the Resurrection . The river Alb flows through the cemetery, dividing it into the older, eastern and the newer, western sections. Both parts were connected to each other by a new bridge in 1955.
Graves of known people
The following well-known people were buried at the Rüppurr cemetery:
- Wilhelm Baur (1895–1973), publisher
- Julius Bender (1893–1966), bishop of the Protestant regional church in Baden
- Otto Dullenkopf (1920–2007), Lord Mayor
- Hans Kampffmeyer (1876–1932), founder of the garden city of Karlsruhe
- Ludwig Martin (1909-2010), Attorney General
- Alex Möller (1903–1985), Federal Minister of Finance
- Leonhard Mülfarth (1921–2009), author and university professor
- Friedrich Töpper (1891–1953), Lord Mayor
- Heinrich Jagusch (1908–1987), Senate President at the BGH
See also
Web links
- Rüppurr cemetery on the pages of the city of Karlsruhe
- Website of the Protestant community in Rüppurr
Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 14.7 ″ N , 8 ° 24 ′ 1.8 ″ E