Main cemetery in Erfurt
The main cemetery in Erfurt is a park-like burial place in Erfurt and the largest cemetery in the state of Thuringia .
history
The plant was planned from 1907 and opened in 1916 in the west of the city. It has been connected to the city center by a tram line since 1934 and a crematorium since 1977 . The cemetery now covers an area of about 57 hectares.
An ideas competition was initiated in 1912 for its design. As a result, there were two award-winning winners, the garden architect Hennings from Hanover and the architect Paul Meißner from Darmstadt.
Graves and cenotaphs
- Ehrenhain I: for those killed in the First World War. Created in 1914, redesigned in 1975/76. The memorial dates from 1946 (Prof. Brockert). In 2009 all gravestones were re-labeled.
- Ehrenhain II: occupied in the war years 1939 to 1945. 784 victims ( bomb victims , soldiers) were buried here. The memorial dates from 1958, it was erected in place of a wooden high cross. The granite crosses with the names of the victims date from 1994.
- Ehrenhain III-MEMENTO: for bomb victims and war returnees. Current design from 1996. 137 grave crosses with 748 names remind of the victims. MEMENTO lettering by Helmut Braun 1952.
- Hamburg block: for bomb victims from Hamburg and Berlin who died in Erfurt and for those returning from the war: 154 victims.
- The main cemetery includes the Soviet cemetery of honor for 604 Soviet forced laborers, soldiers and civilians.
- French grove of honor for victims from both world wars, with a memorial from 1954. 13 graves were destroyed in an air raid on February 20, 1944, 90 victims were exhumed in 1948 and brought to France.
- A memorial from 1994 commemorates the victims of the expulsions in World War II . The relief shows a mother and a trek on the run.
- A memorial for the glider pioneer Max Standfuß was inaugurated in 1924 in the main cemetery.
- Most of the victims of the rampage in Erfurt on April 26, 2002 were buried in the main cemetery.
- The planning of an Islamic burial ground in the Erfurt main cemetery has already been the subject of a diploma thesis at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt.
- Even tree graves are offered in the main cemetery.
There are a total of 239 honorary graves in the main cemetery, 120 of which are under monument protection according to the monument book. Well-known people who were buried in Erich's main cemetery include Erich Kleineidam , professor of philosophy. Hans Walther , Johannes Biereye and Hermann Paul Reisshaus , member of the Reichstag . The following honorary citizens of the city of Erfurt are buried in an honorary grave
Events
In 2006, the main cemetery in Erfurt served as the venue for a performance by cabaret artist Stephan Franke with the program, rest gently!
Web links
- Information on the main cemetery at erfurt.de
- The main cemetery as a park on erfurt.de
- Honorary graves by the city of Erfurt (EhrenGSEF) of December 9, 2010 (PDF) on erfurt.de
- The main cemetery and its monument complexes on erfurt-web.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Schoenfeld: Rationalization of the cemeteries. The cemetery reform movement from the beginning to the time of National Socialism. In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal, Museum for Sepulchral Culture: Space for the Dead. Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-87815-174-8 ISBN 3-87815-174-8 , p. 174.
- ^ City administration Erfurt (ed.): The cemetery guide. 3rd edition, 2014. pp. 28-29
- ↑ a b directory of graves . In: Official Journal of the State Capital Erfurt . No. 21 , December 31, 2010, p. 8-11 .
- ^ Diocese of Erfurt ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 17 ″ N , 10 ° 59 ′ 36 ″ E