List of cemeteries in Gotha

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The list of cemeteries in Gotha gives an overview of the existing and former cemeteries in the Thuringian city of Gotha .

Legend

Extract from the official Gotha city map from 1905 with the location of the former cemeteries
  • Image: Shows distinctive graves, structures or a general view of the cemetery. In the case of church cemeteries, the church itself may be shown.
  • Name: gives the name of the cemetery.
  • Location: Names the district or the district in which the respective cemetery is located.
  • Address: gives the address of the cemetery, i. H. the street on which the main entrance is or was.
  • Size in m²: Name the size of the cemetery.
  • Establishment: Calls the year in which the cemetery was opened.
  • Closing: indicates the year in which the cemetery was closed.
  • Sponsorship: Name the denominational or public sponsorship.
  • Other: Gives additional information that is of interest.

Existing cemeteries

image designation location address Size in m² founding closure Sponsorship Others
Gotha-Kolumbarium-2-CTH.JPG Main cemetery East quarter Langensalzaer Strasse
( map )
183,500 1878 communal formerly Cemetery V called
Gotha-Jüdischer-Friedhof-1-CTH.JPG Jewish Cemetery west of downtown Eisenacher Strasse 2,805 around 1870 1942 communal not open to the public, visits only on request
Boilstädt-Friedhof-1-CTH.JPG Boilstädt cemetery OT Boilstädt At the cemetery 4,540 1889 communal
Siebleben-Friedhof-1-CTH.JPG Siebleben cemetery OT Siebenben Högernweg 11,420 communal
Gotha-Sundhausen-Friedhof-1-CTH.JPG Sundhausen cemetery OT Sundhausen Friedhofsstrasse 10,350 communal
Uelleben-Friedhof-1-CTH.jpg Uelleben cemetery OT Uelleben Upper gate 3,680 communal

Former cemeteries

image designation location address Size in m² founding closure Sponsorship Others
Gotha-Augustiner-Church-2.JPG St. Augustin Cemetery City center, next to the Augustinian Church - unknown 1542 Roman Catholic, from 1522 Evangelical Lutheran overbuilt today
Gotha Margethenkirche.jpg St. Margarethen cemetery City center, next to the Margarethenkirche - unknown 1542 Roman Catholic, from 1522 Evangelical Lutheran overbuilt today
Kindleben cemetery OT Kindleben , next to the village church - unknown around 1583 Roman Catholic, from 1522 Evangelical Lutheran overbuilt today
Gustav-Freytag-Grab.JPG St. Helena cemetery OT Siebleben , next to the Church of St. Helena Kirchgasse unknown Roman Catholic, from 1522 Evangelical Lutheran Only the tombs of Gustav Freytag and his wife Anna and his stepdaughter Mika-Maria Strakosch-Freytag are preserved
Cemetery I / Alter Gottesacker northwest of downtown Bohnstedtstrasse (formerly Werderstrasse) approx. 11,000 1542 1874 communal today overbuilt, memorial plaque at the gym of the Arnoldischule
Arnoldi-Gravestone-CTH.jpg Cemetery II northwest of downtown Eisenacher Strasse approx. 6,500 1757 1883 communal Graves completely cleared, the old funeral hall and the reconstructed gravestone of Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi have been preserved in the park-like complex
Cemetery III northwest of downtown Karl-Schwarz-Strasse (formerly Friedhofsstrasse) approx. 7,000 1843 1892 communal today overbuilt, the only tombstone of Georg Friedrich Blödner and his wife on the eastern wall of the cemetery remains
Cemetery IV northwest of downtown Eisenacher Strasse approx. 38,000 1855 1892 communal overbuilt today

literature

  • Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland: Historic cemeteries in Germany

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