Children's burial ground in the New Cemetery in Giessen
The children's grave field in the New Cemetery in Gießen for deceased children not required to be buried was opened in 1999 in a newly created part of the New Cemetery in Gießen . The sculpture Geborgen by the sculptor Dr. Heide-Birgitt Theiss.
location
The Giessen New Cemetery is located on the Rodtberg in the north of the city. The children's burial ground was set up in the cemetery section XIV in the northwest of the cemetery.
history
Until 1903 the cemetery on the food mountain served as the Giessen city cemetery. As its capacity was exhausted, the new cemetery on Rodtberg was inaugurated that year. Since then, the cemetery on the food mountain has been called the Alter Friedhof .
The children's grave field on the New Cemetery, created in 1999, arose from the need for a coherent part of the cemetery dedicated to the reception of children who are not required to be buried. These are very small children who died during pregnancy.
The establishment of the children's grave field was in line with the national initiative "Rainbow - Happily Pregnant" for grave fields of this type, of which there are now numerous in Germany.
The creation of the children's burial ground arose from the realization that the death of a baby who has not yet lived outside the womb can also be an occasion for grief. Many parents of such children find it helpful to have a place to grieve in order to cope with the loss.
investment
There are no enclosed individual graves on the children's graveyard. The burial takes place individually but anonymously on a large meadow. The parents know the location of their grave. Some also do grave care and decoration; although it was not originally planned, this is tolerated by the garden and cemetery office of the city of Giessen.
sculpture
Since August 2000 the field has been adorned by the bronze sculpture Geborgen by the Biebertal artist Heide-Birgitt Theiß. This sculpture overlooks the tombs and shows a life-size female figure holding very young children in her arms.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dagmar Hinterlang: A quiet place of mourning for small children . In: Ev. Church newspaper September 10, 2000, p. 17
- ↑ http://www.initiative-regenbogen.de
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ We want to offer parents a place of mourning . In: Gießener Anzeiger August 26, 2000, p. 15
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 15.2 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 57.9" E