Johannisfriedhof (Jena)
The Johannisfriedhof is a historically significant cemetery in Jena . It is in the immediate vicinity of the city center and is next to the Botanical Garden .
The cemetery was probably built outside the city walls in the Middle Ages as part of the planned urban development of Jena. In the course of the 19th century it became too small for the expanding city, which is why the north cemetery was created. No other graves have been laid out since the 1940s and since 1978 the Johannisfriedhof has only been used as a park.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, deserving Jena citizens (e.g. Carl Zeiss ) were buried in this cemetery, whose graves are still there today. The cemetery area originally extended as far as the Catholic Church , but was greatly reduced in size by the construction of today's Bundesstraße 7 (Straße des 17. Juni) to Weimar.
The area has a size of about two hectares and a park-like character with wide avenues , centuries-old deciduous trees and ivy-covered graves, flanked by numerous benches. With the elaborate historical graves and the preserved character of earlier times, it is a sight in the city center of Jena.
Within the cemetery, the Johann-Georgs-Kirche, named after the sovereign Johann Georg II. (Saxony-Eisenach) , was consecrated as a burial church on July 16, 1693 . In 1743 it was assigned to the newly established Jena garrison and was henceforth called the Garrison Church , which was renamed the Church of Peace in 1946 after the impression of the Second World War .
On the Johannisfriedhof are u. a. the graves of Caroline von Wolzüge (sister-in-law of Friedrich von Schiller ), as well as Schiller's general practitioner Dr. med. Johann Christian Stark the Elder , who also treated Goethe's family.
Gardener's house
Carl Zeiss tomb
Web links
- Historical Johannisfriedhof Jena on belocal.de
- History of the Friedenskirche Jena on the website of the parish
- Homepage of the Friends' Association Johannisfriedhof Jena eV
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 52.3 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 56.6" E