Protestant cemetery Augsburg
The Protestant cemetery in Augsburg has around 9,500 grave sites with a size of around 6 hectares and is located in the Augsburg-Hochfeld district .
History and use
The cemetery was laid out in 1534 by the municipal authorities of the city of Augsburg and at that time was outside the city walls. It is still in use, making it the oldest cemetery in Augsburg where burials are carried out.
The administration building was built in 1700. From 1825 a church was added, which was laid out according to plans by Johann Michael Voit and August von Voit . The last one added in 1837 was a morgue.
A special feature of the cemetery is its collection of old grave books , which have been preserved until 1658. The 18th century grave memorial inscriptions are also recorded in this archive.
In addition, there has been an urn niche wall in the cemetery since 1999, designed by the architects Meier und Meyr.
Graves of well-known personalities (selection)
- Family grave of the Welser family, patrician family
- Family grave of the Barons von Süsskind , patrician family
- Family grave of the barons von Schaezler , patrician family
- Riedinger family grave , industrialist
- Family grave Forster , industrialists and donors
- Firnhaber-Merz family grave , industrialists and donors
- Family graves of the Hößlin , industrial family of the 18th century
- Family grave of the Stetten , patrician family
- August Bomhard , Dean
- Wilhelm Butz , manufacturer
- Carl Buz , founder and director of MAN
- Heinrich von Buz , founder and director of MAN
- Bertolt Brecht's parents
- Karl Albert Gollwitzer , master builder
- Stephanie Guiot du Ponteil , philanthropist
- Max Gutmann , patron
- Elias Holl , city architect
- Jean Keller , architect and builder
- Ilse Lichtenstein-Rother , educational scientist, professor for elementary school education
- Anna Barbara von Stetten , school sponsor
- August Wessels , manufacturer
Entrance portal to the cemetery on Haunstetterstrasse
Urn wall
Morgue
Karl Albert Gollwitzer's grave
Gravesite of those of Susskind
Family grave of the von Schaezler family
literature
- Werner Bischler, Erwin Stier: The Protestant Cemetery in Augsburg . Holzheu Verlag, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 3-938330-07-4 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '14.4 " N , 10 ° 54' 1.1" E