List of cemeteries in Gotha
The list of cemeteries in Gotha gives an overview of the existing and former cemeteries in the Thuringian city of Gotha .
Legend
- 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 |
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Main cemetery | East quarter | Langensalzaer Strasse ( map ) |
183,500 | 1878 | communal | formerly Cemetery V called | ||
Jewish Cemetery | west of downtown | Eisenacher Strasse | 2,805 | around 1870 | 1942 | communal | not open to the public, visits only on request | |
Boilstädt cemetery | OT Boilstädt | At the cemetery | 4,540 | 1889 | communal | |||
Siebleben cemetery | OT Siebenben | Högernweg | 11,420 | communal | ||||
Sundhausen cemetery | OT Sundhausen | Friedhofsstrasse | 10,350 | communal | ||||
Uelleben cemetery | OT Uelleben | Upper gate | 3,680 | communal |
Former cemeteries
image | designation | location | address | Size in m² | founding | closure | Sponsorship | Others |
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St. Augustin Cemetery | City center, next to the Augustinian Church | - | unknown | 1542 | Roman Catholic, from 1522 Evangelical Lutheran | overbuilt today | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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
Web links
- Cemeteries on the website of the city of Gotha