Cemetery chapel of the New Sudenburg Cemetery

Cemetery chapel

The cemetery chapel of the New Sudenburg Cemetery , also known as the chapel on the new cemetery , is a chapel on the New Sudenburg cemetery in the Magdeburg district of Sudenburg .

location

The chapel is located in the northeastern part of the cemetery, near the entrance, not far from the corner of Braunschweiger Strasse and Kroatenwuhne. Otto-Richter-Straße runs towards the chapel from the north, which makes it important in terms of urban development.

History and architecture

Entrance to the New Sudenburg Cemetery, in the background the cemetery chapel

The brick chapel was built in 1897 based on a design by the town building inspector a. D. Emil Jaehn in neo-Gothic style at the same time as the construction of the cemetery. The floor plan is laid out in the form of a cross. The building is crowned by a turret with a square lantern , which is covered by a pointed helmet . There is a small stair tower at the entrance. A morgue adjoins the north side of the chapel .

The interior of the chapel consists of a central room, which is spanned by an open boarded roof truss . Parts of the equipment are from the construction period.

The chapel is a typical example of the cemetery architecture of the Wilhelminian era .

In the local register of monuments , the chapel is listed as a monument under registration number 094 82663 .

literature

• Folkhard Cremer et al. (Edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Saxony-Anhalt I, administrative district Magdeburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 621 f.
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of Monuments Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , p. 137.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 2750.

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 47.6 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 9 ″  E