Mock cemetery

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Mock cemetery in the Irrhain near Kraftshof

The mock cemetery is a rarely used design element in garden art . It is a place of fake graves or tombstones within a garden or park . Appearances cemetery so not used for burial of the dead. It is to be distinguished from the Ehrenfriedhof and Ehrenhain . A single mock grave is called a cenotaph .

The mock cemetery is one of the mood-creating elements in the context of enlightening or romantic garden creations. The grave monuments can be dedicated to certain personalities, but they can also be nameless or provided with fictitious names. The dummy cemetery is used to create a solemn atmosphere, which is intended to convey the transience of human life to the visitor, and is to be understood as a vanitas symbol. The location on an island in the middle of calm waters increases the feeling of grandeur and solitude.

Examples of false cemeteries can be found in the Irrhain in Kraftshof near Nuremberg and in the Parc del Laberint (Fals cementiri) in Barcelona . The Rousseau Islands can also be classified here due to the landscape design.