Main cemetery Mülheim an der Ruhr

The listed main portal

The main cemetery with about 45 hectares of the largest cemetery in Mülheim an der Ruhr . The portal, built around 1928 by the architect Theodor Suhnel and restored between 1984 and 1986, is a listed building . The main cemetery is part of the theme route 23 Parks and Gardens of the Route of Industrial Heritage .

history

After the old town cemetery became too small at the beginning of the 20th century, the main cemetery was laid out in 1915 on a former parade ground and opened on April 15, 1916. The complex was planned by the landscape architects Friedrich Bauer and Walter Günther from Magdeburg. The cemetery was expanded in 1924. In 1978 another extension took place according to plans by the landscape architects Gustav and Rose Wörner .

The main cemetery today

View along the main axis to the portal

The main axis in the form of a 300 meter long avenue starting from the main entrance is visually distinctive. The forest areas with exotic trees are also worth seeing.

Since June 13, 1996, the cemetery has had a grave area of ​​around 1000 square meters for Islamic citizens.

Personalities and important burial sites

• War cemetery
• Erich Endlein , Catholic pastor
• Augustin Floßdorf , Catholic pastor and opponent of the Nazi regime
• Franz Hofer , NSDAP Gauleiter of Tyrol-Vorarlberg
• Paul Lembke , Lord Mayor and Honorary Citizen
• Theodor Suhnel , architect
• Hans Tropsch , chemist
• Otto Weiß , administrative lawyer and opponent of the Nazi regime
• Karl Ziegler , chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• Ernst Rasche , sculptor

location

Main entrance: Zeppelinstrasse 130 to 136, Mülheim-Holthausen

literature

• Hans Weber: Burial sites in Mülheim in the past and present. In: 900 years of Mülheim an der Ruhr: 1093–1993 ( Journal of the History Association , issue 66), Mülheim an der Ruhr 1993, pp. 521–546.

Web links

Commons : Hauptfriedhof Mülheim an der Ruhr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the city of Mülheim: main cemetery , cemetery culture and ecology in the cemeteries - main cemetery
• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~23~12303

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monument list no . 171. Monument Authority of the City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, accessed on November 17, 2011 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Mülheim main cemetery. (Theme route 23 - Parks and Gardens) Regional Association Ruhr, September 11, 2017, accessed on May 21, 2018 .  
3. ^ Cemetery culture and ecology in the cemeteries - main cemetery. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, July 13, 2017, accessed on May 21, 2018 .  
4. ^ Islamic burials. City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, accessed on November 17, 2011 .  
5. ↑ epitaph
6. ↑ Working group of local history associations in Mülheim (ed.): Historically important personalities of the city of Mülheim ad Ruhr, Mülheim 1984

Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 43.4 "  N , 6 ° 54 ′ 46.7"  E