Heiligenstock Park Cemetery

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The wayside shrine at the old customs house on Friedberger Landstrasse, which gives the cemetery and the neighboring area its name

The Parkfriedhof Heiligenstock is a municipal cemetery in Frankfurt am Main . It is located in the northeast of the Frankfurt urban area, on the northern edge of the eponymous high plateau Heiligenstock on the mountain range Berger ridge , directly on the city limits to Bad Vilbel and its district Heilsberg .

characterization

The 17.38 hectare site is designed as a park cemetery , the design of which is based on the typical appearance of a forest of oak ( Quercus ) and hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus ). The dominant building is a modern cemetery hall with a domed roof and a skylight four meters in diameter as well as a chapel designed by Professor Max Bächer from Darmstadt . The dome is clad with pre-weathered blue-gray zinc . The cemetery area, which was built in the early 1990s, offers a clear view of the Taunus .

The facility serves to relieve the Frankfurt main cemetery and has been prepared since 1996 to accommodate members of both Christian and Islamic faith in various burial fields. There is therefore no concrete Christian cross , only an optical cross is created in the dome hall as soon as the entrance door is closed. A separate room is provided for the washing of the corpse, which is customary in accordance with the Islamic rite , and during the burial the Muslims face Mecca .

The difference in burial traditions between Christianity and Islam becomes clear in the burial fields. In addition, the countries of origin of the Muslims are very different, so that their respective cultures flow into the design of the tombstones. Tub 8 and 10 are reserved for Muslims who want to be buried here, with an upward trend, even though the majority still prefer to be buried in their home country.

history

Before the area was rededicated as a park cemetery with the start of construction in 1989 (completion: 1992), it housed the systems of the former major transmitter Heiligenstock (1926–1945) and the adjacent DENA transmitter (1947) of the German news agency . The area was therefore partly and temporarily a restricted military area, both during the Second World War and during the time of the US occupation. Relics of the major transmitter Heiligenstock, which was blown up by the Nazis a few days before the invasion of the US Army, can still be viewed.

Directly behind today's cemetery, on the Berkersheim district, there was a concentration camp for Sinti and Roma between 1929 and 1935, which was already known as such during the Weimar Republic . Its establishment is based on a resolution of the Frankfurt city council on December 6, 1928. All those of these ethnic groups who previously lived in caravans in the various parts of Frankfurt were to be concentrated in the camp. The choice of the remote location should suggest an early departure of those affected across the Prussian-Hessian border towards Bad Vilbel. Under National Socialist rule, the forced camp in Fechenheimer Dieselstraße was set up, later replaced by the forced camp in Seckbacher Kruppstraße.

Tombs of personalities

Grave site Walter Hesselbach (1915–1993) in the park cemetery Heiligenstock, Gewann 1, no. 316–317

location

The Parkfriedhof Heiligenstock is located in the northeast of Frankfurt, close to the city limits. The larger southern part lies within the boundaries of the Seckbach district , the smaller northern part of the Berkersheim district . At the same time, a corner section of the cemetery borders the city of Bad Vilbel ( Wetteraukreis ).

The cemetery is bordered by Heiligenstockweg and Friedberger Landstraße . At the level of the cemetery, the latter merges into Alte Frankfurter Strasse in the Heilsberg district of Bad Vilbel.

Transport links

Coming from Frankfurt by car, you can take the Friedberger Landstrasse in the direction of Bad Vilbel to the parking lot of the Parkfriedhof Heiligenstock, by following the signposted junction to Bad Vilbel-Heilsberg. With the local public transport (ÖPNV) you can take the RMV bus line 30 to the Parkfriedhof stop.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photo of the cemetery hall, architects' information system  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ais-online.de  
  2. ↑ Photos and technical details of the cemetery hall, Rheinzink  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rheinzink.de  
  3. ^ Cemetery on the website of the city of Frankfurt, accessed on Feb. 24, 2020
  4. ^ Cemetery on the website of the city of Frankfurt, accessed on Feb. 24, 2020
  5. ↑ Canan Topçu: Towards Mecca , Frankfurter Rundschau, August 12, 2009
  6. ↑ http://www.ffmhist.de/ffm33-45/bitmap/isg_akte_zigeunerlager_01_k.jpg Municipal file on the concentration camp on Friedberger Landstrasse, Institute for City History , Frankfurt am Main
  7. ^ The concentration camp on Friedberger Landstrasse 1929-1935 , Institute for City History, Frankfurt am Main
  8. ^ Wippermann, Wolfgang: Life in Frankfurt during the Nazi era, Vol. II: The National Socialist Gypsy Persecution , Waldemar Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 978-3-7829-0320-2
  9. ^ Sandner, Peter: Frankfurt - Auschwitz. The National Socialist Persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Frankfurt am Main , Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 978-3860991237
  10. ^ Institute for Urban History, Frankfurt am Main: files of the magistrate R 1377, R 1378 and 5.901

Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 41 ″  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 24.9 ″  E