Würzburg main cemetery

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the main entrance
Chapel on the cemetery grounds

The main cemetery in Würzburg is the largest cemetery in Würzburg with an area of ​​112,727 m² and a total of 20,000 graves .

history

The cemetery was laid out in front of the Neutor in 1803 after the cities had been obliged, for reasons of hygiene, to set up cemeteries outside the city walls. The cemetery was blessed on June 3rd by Pastor Deppisch from Haug Abbey. In 1804 three hearses were procured. From 1806 the cemetery was in use. The first body to be buried in the new cemetery was that of the innkeeper Jakob Winter.

In 1909 an electrical line was laid from the morgue to the cemetery chapel in order to better coordinate the use of the grave bells.

From 1911 urn burials were also permitted in the main cemetery .

More than 5000 people died in the bombing raid on Würzburg on March 16, 1945 . They were buried in a mass grave, the war cemetery Bomb Victims Würzburg Main Cemetery in front of the main entrance of the Würzburg Main Cemetery, which was badly damaged in this attack.

In the 1980s, a closure of the main cemetery was discussed and more than half of the graves were blocked by the city council for burials with effect from 1997. This decision was revised in 2000. 1700 graves are still only permitted for urn burials.

building

The funeral hall

1732 was one of Olives to plans by Balthasar Neumann of Matthew piston built and with figures of Wolfgang from the Auvera been appointed. It was later moved from its original location to the municipal cemetery, i.e. the main cemetery.

The first morgue was put into operation in 1828 and replaced by a new building in 1896. In 1985 today's funeral hall was inaugurated.

In 1859 the neo-Gothic cemetery chapel, which was built according to the plans of Josef Scherpf , was inaugurated.

Personalities

The following personalities, among others, found their final resting place at the Würzburg main cemetery:

  • Johann Michael von Seuffert (1765–1829), lawyer and politician
  • Max Dauthendey (1867–1918), German poet and painter. Grave in Division 1, Field 2, Number 30.
  • Fried Heuler (1889–1959), German sculptor.
  • Ignaz Ising (1845–1919), balneologist and spa doctor in Bad Kissingen
  • Albert von Kölliker (1817–1905), Swiss anatomist and physiologist, founding member of the Physico-Medical Society. Buried in section 2, number 184.
  • Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900), 19th century painter. His grave is in Division 1, Field 2, Number 29, 50 meters south of the funeral hall.
  • Hans Sperlich (1847–1931), painter, chairman “Mainfr. Association for Art and History ”; Erb / Sperlich family grave
  • Max Mengeringhausen , founder of the Mero company , roofing of the Olympiastadion Berlin, Frankfurt Airport, Berlin Central Station. Buried in Department 1, Field 2, Number 30.
  • Maria Julitta Ritz (1882–1966), religious sister whose beatification is being prepared; on May 21, 1983 the bones were buried in the motherhouse church of the Redeemer Sisters in Würzburg
  • Emy Roeder (1890–1971), sculptor and draftsman
  • Agnes Sapper (1852–1929), writer, author of young books. Grave in Division 2, Field 2, Row 59, Number 14.
  • Johann Sperl (1840–1914), German painter, shared a gravestone with Wilhelm Leibl.
  • Hermann Zilcher (1881–1948), German composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher, founder of the Würzburg Mozart Festival. Grave in Division 2, number 81.
  • Sigrid Meuschel (1944–2016), German political scientist and professor at the University of Leipzig .
  • Nicolino di Camillo (1921–2015), Italian restaurateur, founder of the first pizzeria in Germany in March 1952

Memorials

For Ludwika Mirska (z Godlewskich), also under the name Ludwika Godlewska, who was treated by the gynecologist Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels in Würzburg, but could no longer be saved, a 3.50 meter high angel sculpture was erected in the cemetery to commemorate. In Veiveriai, 16 kilometers southwest of Kaunas in Lithuania , she was buried in the Church of St. Ludwig. In the church square of Veiveriai, a second angel of the same appearance reminds her of her.

gallery

  • East view of the main cemetery

  • The cemetery seen from a bridge to the east

  • Main cemetery Wuerzburg from bridge in east 06.jpg
  • Main cemetery Wuerzburg from bridge in east 12.jpg

  • Memorial to Ludwika Mirska (z Godlewskich)

See also

literature

  • Historical descriptions :
    • August Memminger: A walk through the Würzburg cemetery. Separate printout from the "Würzburger Lokalanzeiger", 1906.
    • August Memminger: Würzburg cemetery hike. Gebrüder Memminger publishing bookstore, Würzburg 1921.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Würzburg, cemetery administration: main cemetery. Cemetery plan and famous personalities. Leaflet from around 2015.
  2. ↑ Willi Dürr Nagel: Wilhelm Leibl. In: Würzburger Anzeiger, September 2012, pp. 1–3
  3. ↑ Information board on the Ludwika Mirska memorial (z Godlewskich)
  4. ↑ Heavenly messenger in need. A Würzburg cemetery angel seeks earthly support. Leaflet, Würzburg 2016.

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 45 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 53"  E