Constance main cemetery

Crematorium at the back of the funeral hall of the main cemetery in Konstanz.

Konstanz main cemetery, cemetery administration. Riesenbergweg.

Konstanz main cemetery, entrance to Riesenbergweg.

The main cemetery in Konstanz is a municipal cemetery in the Petershausen district of Konstanz . It is the burial place for the monotheistic religions of Christians, Jews and Muslims.

history

The main cemetery was laid out on undeveloped land on the right bank of the Rhine in Petershausen on the border with Allmannsdorf . It opened on May 1, 1870 and enlarged in 1898. This replaced the burials on the Schottenfriedhof on the left bank of the Rhine .

Special areas

Konstanz main cemetery, Riesenbergweg. German war cemetery of the First World War. Defined area in the western center of the cemetery

Konstanz main cemetery, Riesenbergweg. German war graves of World War II at the top of the cemetery

• Jewish cemetery (Konstanz)
• Grave field for Muslims

War graves and memorials

• Soldiers' graves, individual graves from the First and Second World Wars.
• The demarcated war cemetery with fallen soldiers from the First World War in the center of the cemetery
• Crosses for the fallen and missing of World War II at the top of the cemetery
• Gravesites of the slave laborers
• Gravesites of the victims of euthanasia (Grabfeld 14 A)

Community graves

Konstanz main cemetery, Riesenbergweg: resting place of Zoffingen Monastery in the northeastern part (Grabfeld 14 A)

• Resting place of Zoffingen Monastery (Grabfeld 14 A)
• Community gravesite for miscarried and stillborn children
• Community grave facility for destitute deceased

Graves of famous personalities

Konstanz main cemetery, Riesenbergweg. Gravestone Carl Reichsfreiherr Müller von Friedberg (1755–1836)

Grave of Johann Martin Schleyer, rememberer of the world language Volapük

• Karl von Müller-Friedberg (1755–1836), Swiss politician, diplomat and statesman. Organizer and first Landammann of the Canton of St. Gallen.
• Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863), German painter
• Max Stromeyer (1830–1902), Lord Mayor of Konstanz
• Johann Martin Schleyer (1831–1912), inventor of the planned language Volapük (Grabfeld 12, row 11)
• Ludwig Stromeyer (1852–1931), textile entrepreneur and politician
• Elisabeth Schmidt-Pecht (1857–1940), decor artist
• Hans Breinlinger (1888–1963), German painter, photographer and graphic artist
• Fritz Arnold (politician) (1883–1950), politician and mayor of Konstanz
• Franz Knapp (1880–1973), Lord Mayor of Konstanz

Web links

Commons : Hauptfriedhof Konstanz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cemeteries of the city of Konstanz. Available: burial brochure with information on the main cemetery
• Constance crematorium

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cemeteries of the city of Constance. Available: burial brochure with information on the main cemetery
2. ^ Heinz Günther Heer: Lexicon of the City of Constance. Konstanz, Selbstverlag 2006, Volume 1, p. 183, keyword Friedhof.
3. ↑ Konstanz (individual graves), Baden-Württemberg: In the main cemetery: Notes on soldiers from various gravestones at Denkmalprojekt.org
4. ↑ Konstanz (main cemetery - World War I) at denkmalprojekt.org
5. ↑ Documentation of stone crosses with the names of the fallen at denkmalprojekt.org
6. ↑ Friedhofsverwaltung Konstanz (ed.): Tag des Friedhofs, Sunday, September 27, 2015, Konstanz main cemetery. (Leaflet).
7. ↑ Konstanz (main cemetery - victims of euthanasia) at denkmalprojekt.org
8. ↑ Various forms of burial. In: Official Journal Konstanz, November 14, 2018, p. 3.
9. ↑ Various forms of burial. In: Official Journal Konstanz, November 14, 2018, p. 3.

Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 47 "  N , 9 ° 10 ′ 25"  E