Barsberge dog cemetery
The Barsberge dog cemetery is a pet cemetery south of the Barsberge forester's house , southwest of the town of Seehausen in the Altmark in Saxony-Anhalt .
history
The history of the cemetery goes back to 1878. This year, district forester Hahn, forester of the neighboring forester's house, put his dog Nimroth here. The dog had once brought the forester home from swampy terrain near the goldfish pond in thick fog and had therefore received his bread and butter from the forester . Hahn put a tombstone for his dog with the inscription Dem loyal Nimroth . It is believed that the facility is the oldest surviving dog cemetery in the world.
The cemetery, densely populated with large spruce trees, became known as the dog cemetery in later decades. A large number of burials followed, with gravestones or crosses being placed for many dogs. The cemetery is operated as the only public animal cemetery in Saxony-Anhalt. It is also possible to bury ashes of deceased pets on a burial mound with a memorial stone.
Web links
- Information on the Barsberge dog cemetery on the homepage of the Seehausen (Altmark) administrative association ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxony-Anhalt ABC ( memento from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Information on the Barsberge dog cemetery of Tierfeuerbestattungen Falkenhagen GmbH. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 6, 2016 .
- ^ Thomas Westermann: Operators of the animal crematorium in Falkenhagen want to take over the area on Barsberge. In: Altmark newspaper. September 16, 2010, accessed December 6, 2016 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 51 ′ 58.5 " N , 11 ° 42 ′ 55.9" E