Kortumpark Bochum
The Kortumpark is of abandoned cemetery south of the city of Bochum , who as a public park serves.
location
Framed by the north-curved Essen-Dortmund railway line , it stretches at the foot of the Lohberg in the west from Wittener Strasse , the dead end Am Hain to Akademiestrasse . The building of the head office of BP-Aral borders directly on the southwest park area between Wittener Straße and Am Hain . To the northeast on the Lohberg there are allotment gardens, in the valley on the northern edge of the park there is a small thermal power station from the 1950s.
history
The oldest burial place was around the provost church of St. Peter and Paul in the old town and was used until 1819. Since there was no longer enough space for the steadily growing city, a new burial place outside the city walls was sought for all communities.
On November 21, 1819, the new cemetery was opened on the road to Witten . After the capacity of the cemetery was exhausted in 1872, only the hereditary tombs were used as burial places. As early as 1876 it was referred to as the "old burial ground" on the Lohberg. In the 1960s, the park, previously known as the Old Cemetery , was named after the doctor and educator Carl Arnold Kortum who was buried here .
Today the Kortumpark takes on an important short-term and short-term recreational function. With its old trees and the culturally and historically valuable graves, the Kortumpark is one of Bochum's sights.
The city of Bochum is responsible for the maintenance of the facilities because it is public green. However, since some family vaults are occasionally occupied up to the present day, the respective family is responsible for tending the grave in these cases. Some crypts were damaged by falling trees during Hurricane Kyrill .
Tombs and monuments
All over the park there are tombs from all times after 1819, from small slabs to monumental tombs. Since the area rises to the Lohberg, most of the crypts that are still in use are around the highest point. In 1991 some gravestones and sculptures were entered in the monuments list of the city of Bochum .
Well-known Bochum personalities who are buried here include:
- Carl Arnold Kortum (1745-1824), doctor, writer; On the 125th anniversary of his death on August 15, 1949, the tomb was moved to its present elevated and fenced location on Wittener Straße. The historical tombstone bears a relief with symbols of death and resurrection, the front bears a lyre and Aesculapian staff.
- Jacob Mayer (1813–1875), entrepreneur
- Max Greve (1815–1873), 1842–1873 mayor of the city
- Louis Baare (1821–1897), entrepreneur and honorary citizen of the city
- Johann Joachim Schlegel (1821–1880), master brewer, founder of Schlegel-Brauerei AG in Bochum
- Heinrich Grimberg (1833–1907), mining entrepreneur
- Fritz Baare (1855–1917), entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Baare (1857–1938), entrepreneur
- Franz Fromme (1875–1961), local poet
- Johann Christian Leye (1830–1880), chemist and entrepreneur
- Scharpenseel brothers, owners of the Scharpenseel Brewery AG in Bochum
- Carl (1845–1908) and Robert (1849–1904) Eickhoff, entrepreneurs in Gebr. Eickhoff machine factory and iron foundry in Bochum
- Wilhelm Seippel (1832–1906), entrepreneur, owner of the Wilhelm Seippel company, mine safety lamps and machine factory in Bochum
Web links
- Pictures of grave monuments (PDF; 198 kB) at www.bochum.de
- Description of this sight on the route of industrial culture
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 45.8 " N , 7 ° 13 ′ 47.7" E