Climbing cemetery

Notice plan. - Abbreviations: BR = well, DKM = monument (= memorial), WA = water point, WHS = residential building.

The Steigfriedhof in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt from the end of the 6th century is the oldest cemetery in Stuttgart . It is located in Altenburg , today a district of Bad Cannstatt, at a height opposite the old town, about 500 meters from the Neckar. Opposite the Steigfriedhof is the Israelitische Friedhof from 1872.

history

There was a fort near the Steigfriedhof as early as Roman times . Probably towards the end of the 6th century, the cemetery was established by the Franks together with the early church of St. Martin . This church remained the ecclesiastical center for the parishes of Brye and Altenburg even after the parish rights were transferred to the collegiate church in Stuttgart in 1323. The burial site was also used. Opposite the Steigfriedhof the Israelitische Friedhof was established in 1872.

The climbing cemetery continues to be used as a burial site, the Israelite cemetery has been closed since 1945.

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  House from 1908 and main entrance.

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  Main entrance.

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  Morgue.

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  Notice board at the main entrance of the Steigfriedhof.

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  Notice board at the Israelite cemetery.

cenotaph

Memorial to the victims of the two world wars by Emil Kiemlen .

On the triangular piece of lawn to the right of the main entrance is the memorial for the sons of Cannstatt who fell in World War I, which the Cannstatt sculptor Emil Kiemlen created in 1923 (see DKM in the notice plan above).

The base bears the inscription: “Thanks u. Honor the sons of Cannstatt who died in World War I / 1914–1918 / 1939–1945 ”. The years of the Second World War were added after 1945, so that the memorial is now dedicated to the sons of Cannstatt who died in both world wars.

The sculpture on the base depicts a powerful man wearing only a belt, who can be recognized as a soldier through his helmet lying on the ground. He backs away from an invisible threat, sinking to his knees, and strikes behind his back with his short sword.

Graves

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Legend

# Number of the department in which the grave is located. The location of the departments is shown in the cemetery plan (see above). P Grave of a P rominenten. K Grave with K unstwerk or a grave that is remarkable for other reasons. * Year of birth. † Year of death.

Sorting

Sort a column: click the symbol in the column header. Grave / Artist column: Sorted by family name. Sort by another column: Hold down the Shift key and click the symbol . Initial sorting: according to the family name in the grave column.

Illustration	#	P	K	dig	*	†	Artist / object
	29	P		Helga Feddersen and Olli Maier	1930 1945	1990 2011
	4th	P		Erwin Hageloh , local history researcher in Cannstatt .	1876	1965
	6th		K	Heinrich Rudolf Hartmann, factory director.	1850	1911	NN, sculpture of a seated mourner.
	4th		K	Maria Hartmann.	1874	1935	NN, sculpture of a standing mourner.
	3	P		Philipp Heineken (sports official) .	1873	1959
	6th	P		Albert Hofele , radio presenter.	1896	1972	The grave has since been cleared and no longer exists.
	18th		K	Erika Koppert.	1899	1915	Daniel Stocker , sculpture of a mourner.
	4th	P		Jakob Linckh jun., Architect and Greece researcher.	1787	1841
	6th		K	Jakob Linckh senior, Reichsposthalter and ox host, oldest preserved grave.	1767	1794	Philipp Jakob Scheffauer , sculpture "Mourning Genius", 1796.
	6th		K	Jakob Linckh, photo before 1907.	1767	1794	Philipp Jakob Scheffauer , sculpture "Mourning Genius", 1796.
	4th		K	Max H. Maier.	1915	1987	Daniel Stocker , sculpture of a kneeling woman.
	1	P		Hermann Metzger, painter and local researcher in Cannstatt .	1896	1971	NN, high relief of a standing mourners.
	6th	P		Oskar von Nast .	1849	1907
	4th	P		August Ludwig Reyscher .	1802	1880
	5		K	Thank God Riegraf.	1877	1954	NN, relief medallion of a grieving shepherd.
	11		K	Christoph Friederich Rilling.	1891	1914	NN, sculpture of a standing mourner.
	2		K	Richard Staude.	1880	1957	NN, sculpture of a dead mother with her child.
	7th	P		Thaddäus Troll (= pseudonym), real name: Dr. Hans Bayer.	1914	1980
	4th		K	Pauline Zais, the early deceased daughter of the Cannstatt manufacturer Wilhelm Zais .	1802	1828	Theodor Wagner , relief.
	4th		K	Pauline Zais, photo before 1907.	1802	1828	Theodor Wagner , relief.

literature

Main sources: Hahn 1995 , pages 37-39, and Mammut 2011 .

• Joachim Hahn: Steigfriedhof Bad Cannstatt, Israelite part , Stuttgart 1995.
• Christian von Holst: Johann Heinrich Dannecker, Part 1: The Sculptor , Stuttgart 1987, pages 32, 42, 88 (Figure 64), 89.
• Werner Koch; Christopher Koch: Stuttgart cemetery guide. A guide to the graves of well-known personalities. Tübingen 2012, pages 157–159.
• Uli Kreh: The cold beauties. Plastiken in Stuttgart , Stuttgart 1993, pages 74-75, 82-83.
• André Lambert; Eduard Stahl: Alt-Stuttgarts Baukunst , Stuttgart [1906], plate 60.
• Mammut-Verlag (publisher and editor): Stuttgart, Der Friedhofswegweiser. Stuttgart 2006, pages 112-114.
• Mammut-Verlag (publisher and editor): Stuttgart, Der Friedhofswegweiser. Stuttgart 2011, pages 116–117 (available free of charge, inter alia at the information desk in the town hall).
• Annette Neuhaus: Classicist tombs in the cemeteries of Stuttgart and the surrounding area . In: Christian von Holst (editor): Swabian classicism between ideal and reality, essays , Stuttgart 1993, pages 258-259.

Web links

Commons : Steigfriedhof  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Steigfriedhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Steigfriedhof on the website of the Pro Alt-Cannstatt association .
• Steigfriedhof on the website of the state capital Stuttgart .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The notice plan is more detailed than the plans in #Mammut 2006 and #Mammut 2011 and also contains the correct position of the memorial.
2. ↑ Hahn 1995 , page 44.
3. ↑ The position of the memorial is incorrectly drawn in #Mammut 2006 and #Mammut 2011 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 41.9 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 29 ″  E