Municipal cemetery (Görlitz)

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The municipal cemetery is the largest cemetery in the city of Görlitz . It is located in the north of the city, was laid out in 1847 and has been expanded several times since then. The cemetery complex is divided into two parts - the new and the old cemetery.

location

The municipal cemetery extends with the old and new cemetery between the districts of Königshufen in the north and Nikolaivorstadt in the south. The old cemetery adjoins the Nikolaifriedhof and the Ölberggarten to the north and extends to the gardens at Königshufen. It is located between Friedhofstrasse in the west and Ziegeleiweg in the east. If you cross Friedhofstraße from the northwest exit, you will reach the New Cemetery to the west . This is between Friedhofstraße in the east and Königshufen. In the south, west and north the cemetery is bounded by the tram tracks .

history

Old celebration hall
Crematorium with an extension from 2003

After the Nikolaifriedhof was no longer sufficient for the growing city in the middle of the 19th century, the city built the new cemetery north of the Nikolaifriedhof. The facility was completed in 1847. The former Lord Mayor of Görlitz, Gottlob Ludwig Demiani, found the first grave site in the cemetery . He died in 1846 and was temporarily buried elsewhere until the new cemetery was completed. The old celebration hall was inaugurated in 1874 . In 1913, the crematorium at the southern end of the cemetery at the transition to the Ölberggarten was built based on a design by Heinrich Küster . The cemetery was expanded in 1858, 1880, 1913 and most recently in 1945. In 1983, a part of the New Cemetery was partially deedicated.

Cemetery complex

The cemetery complex extends over a total area of ​​28 hectares. There are numerous splendid family graves along the main paths and on the outer wall. Until the early 20th century burials took place mainly as burials take place. Under the Cremation Act of 1911, cremation increased. 90 percent of burials now take place as urn burials. In 1968, with the so-called rose bed , a possibility of anonymous urn burials was created. Today it serves as a communal grave with attribution. The historic cemetery wall is also included in the community grave complex. Tree burials are also possible in a forest-like area.

Historically significant graves of the mayors as well as well-known personalities from business, art and culture are preserved. The decrease in the city's population also led to the redesign of larger parts of the cemetery. Large parts have been redesigned into park-like facilities. A species-rich flora and fauna developed in some leveled grave fields. Through targeted planting, native orchids , wild primroses , Turkish lilies and Solomon's seals are growing again today . Golden oriole , nightingale , bat and tawny owl are some of the animals that have found their home in the cemetery.

War memorials

Graves of Greek soldiers

There are also war cemeteries in the municipal cemetery. Greek soldiers also found their final resting place in the cemetery. However, they did not fall victim to the war, but mainly to the Spanish flu . During the First World War , around 6500 Greek soldiers of the 4th Army Corps were interned in Görlitz.

Memorial to those who fell in the German War and the Franco-German War

The square column, tapering towards the top, stands on a four-step pedestal and commemorates the Görlitzers who fell during the German and Franco-German Wars. At the four corners of the path around the war memorial, a stone memorial with a bronze plate commemorates 144 Prussian, 9 French, 4 Saxon and 34 Austrian warriors who are buried here.

Memorial to the fallen of the First World War

In 1926, off the main path of the New Cemetery, the city erected the massive four-sided cuboid with a central fire bowl as a memorial to the soldiers who fell during the First World War . On May 30, 1926, the monument, financed by the local warrior association, was handed over to the city. It was created by the cemetery sculptor Däunert based on a design by the Görlitz architects Keidel and Pantke.

Memorial to the victims of the Kapp Putsch

The memorial commemorates the victims of the Kapp Putsch in 1920. The inscription reads: “14. - March 17, 1920 Glory and honor to the fighters against Kapp and Faupel ”. The names of the six victims in the city are given on the two plaques flanking the middle plaque: Adolf Raschke, Josef Rother, Oskar Thal, Gustav Nitsche, Klara Prüfer geb. Pietsch and Minna Sturm. It was created in 1929 at the northern end of the New Cemetery.

Memorial to the fallen of the Second World War

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, a memorial for the fallen German soldiers of the Second World War was erected at the northeast end of the New Cemetery . The oak trunk from which the wooden cross was made comes from a tree that was struck by lightning and shrapnel during the war. The survivors of the war victims made it possible to erect the memorial through donations. It was only created in 1995.

  • Memorial to those who fell in the German War and the Franco-German War

  • Memorial to the fallen of the First World War

  • Middle panel of the Kapp-Putsch monument

  • Memorial to the fallen of the Second World War

Personalities buried in the cemetery

Grave site of the Lord Mayor Gottlob Ludwig Demiani
Family grave of the Lüders family

Well-known personalities buried in the cemetery are:

Web links

Commons : Städtischer Friedhof Görlitz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst-Heinz Lemper : Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-932693-63-2 , p. 180 f .
  2. ↑ a b c d e goerlitz.de: Municipal cemetery . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 28, 2012 ; Retrieved October 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goerlitz.de
  3. ↑ Stadtverwaltung Görlitz (ed.), Andreas Bednarek: The urban development of Görlitz in the 19th century. (Series of publications by the City Council Archives, Volume 15). Görlitz 1991, p. 75.
  4. ↑ berlin-athen.de: Görlitz, the Greeks and the secret commission . Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
  5. ^ Ernst Heinz Lemper: Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-932693-63-2 , p. 281 .
  6. ^ Ernst Kretzschmar: Görlitz as a Prussian garrison town 1830 - 1945. 1st edition. Stadtbild-Verlag, 2005, DNB 975725327 , p. 77.
  7. ^ Ernst Kretzschmar: Görlitz as a Prussian garrison town 1830 - 1945 . 1st edition. Stadtbild-Verlag, 2005, p. 281 .
  8. ^ Ernst Heinz Lemper: Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-932693-63-2 , p. 282 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 51.7 ″  N , 14 ° 59 ′ 5.2 ″  E