Neuenhauser churchyard

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Graves and historical trees in the churchyard

The Neuenhäusener Kirchhof in Celle , also called Neuenhäuser Kirchhof , is a cemetery that was laid out in the late 17th century in what is now the Neuenhäusen district of Celle . Part of the site on Kirchstrasse includes the largest closed plate grave field in Northern Germany .

history

The grounds of the cemetery on appropriated the Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg , Georg Wilhelm , in 1690 the community Neuenhäusens. The first burials began in 1692. Almost two decades later, a chapel was built between 1710 and 1711 , which was later converted into the Neuenhäusener Church .

A rectory built in 1751 in the churchyard was later demolished and replaced by a new building in 1970.

Important graves (selection)

  • Detail of the plate burial ground

  • Plate grave field with the tower of the Neuenhausen Church in the background

  • Baroque grave stele for Georg Philipp Reibenstein

  • Tomb for the architect Heinrich Wichmann

Web links

Commons : Neuenhäuser Friedhof (Celle)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d RWLE Möller : Alldag, Bernhard , in ders .: Celle-Lexikon . From Abbensen to Zwische , Verlag August Lax, Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-7848-4039-6 , p. 3
  2. ^ Matthias Blazek : A dark chapter in German history: witch trials, gallows mountains, executions, criminal justice. In the Principality of Lüneburg and in the Kingdom of Hanover , Stuttgart: Ibidem-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-89821-587-9 and ISBN 3-89821-587-3 , p. 296; limited preview in Google Book search
  3. ↑ Hermann Mitgau: Common Life (= publication of the family history commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen as well as neighboring East Westphalian areas ), vol. 1: The family papers older part, 1500 to 1770 , Göttingen: [self-published], 1955, p. 130; Preview over google books
  4. ↑ Christoph Weber (responsible): Christoph Chappuzeau , genealogical representation with a portrait and the family coat of arms on the website of the family foundation Hofgärtner Hermann Sello [undated], last accessed on February 22, 2020

Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 10.2 "  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 13.7"  E