Vestre Kirkegård
| Vestre Kirkegård | |
|---|---|
| location | Vestre Kirkegårds Allé 15 2450 Copenhagen SV, Hovedstaden region |
| owner | City of Copenhagen |
| opening | November 2, 1870 |
| surface | around 54 hectares |
The Vestre Kirkegård ( German Westfriedhof ) is a cemetery in the Danish capital Copenhagen . It is located in the middle of the districts of Sydhavnen and Vesterbro and the district of Valby .
history
The complex was inaugurated on November 2, 1870 and, with around 54 hectares, is the largest grave complex in the country. The cemetery became necessary to cope with the increasing number of burials in the city. Until then, the assistance cemetery , established in 1760, was the city's main cemetery, but over time it reached its limits. The complex was designed by Hans Jørgen Holm, an architect in the Copenhagen Funeral Service, in collaboration with the landscape architect Edvard Glæsel and the city planner Charles Ambt, who was responsible for the overall planning. At first, the Westfriedhof was a burial place for poor people. In the 1990s it became the main cemetery in the Danish capital.
German refugee and soldier graves
German refugees and soldiers from the Second World War rest in the cemetery of the German War Cemetery in Copenhagen West (Vestre Kirkegård) .
gallery
The entrance to the grave complex
The cemetery portal
The north chapel
The south chapel
Memorial stone for 4,636 German soldiers and 4,019 German refugees in World War II
German graves on Vestre Kirkegård
Memorial to 19 British prisoners of war during World War I who died on the journey home.
One of two lakes on the complex
Carl Nielsen's grave
The grave of Helmut Pfeiffer
Thad Jones's grave
The grave of Jens Otto Krag
Graves (selection)
- Johan Ankerstjerne (1886–1959), Danish cameraman
- Herman Bang (1857-1912), Danish writer and journalist
- Sophus Bauditz (1850–1915), Danish pedagogue, author and playwright
- Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888), Swedish writer
- Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911), Danish novelist, naturalist and numismatist
- Willy Bille (1889–1944), Danish painter
- Frederik Borgbjerg (1866–1936), Danish journalist and social democrat
- Tine Bryld (1939–2011), Danish social worker, author, radio presenter
- Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954), Danish lawyer and social democratic politician
- Christian Christiansen (1843–1917), Danish physicist
- Hans Victor Clausen (1861–1937), Danish historian
- Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949), Danish composer
- Paul Diderichsen (1905–1964), Danish linguist
- Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976), Danish writer
- Edvard Eriksen (1876–1959), Danish sculptor
- Andrias Christian Evensen (1874–1917), Faroese clergyman, politician, textbook author and linguist
- Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Faroese-Danish doctor
- Achton Friis (1871–1939), Danish draftsman and painter
- Michael Pedersen Friis (1857–1944), Danish politician and Prime Minister
- Martin Severin From (1828–1895), Danish chess master
- Olaf Fønss (1882–1949), Danish silent film actor
- Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850-1916), Danish mathematician
- Asger Hamerik (1843–1923), Danish composer and conductor
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916), Danish painter
- Emil Christian Hansen (1842–1909), Danish botanist
- Hans Christian Svane Hansen (1906–1960), Danish politician
- Wilhelm Hansen (1868–1936), Danish art collector ( Ordrupgaard Museum )
- Louis Hasselriis (1844–1912), Danish sculptor
- Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955), Danish politician and Minister of State
- Erik Henningsen (1855–1930), Danish painter and illustrator
- Fini Henriques (1867–1940), Danish composer and violinist
- Knud Hjortø (1869–1931), Danish writer
- Per Hækkerup (1915–1979), Danish politician
- Harald Høffding (1843–1931), Danish philosopher
- Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), Danish painter, sculptor and graphic artist
- Jákup Jakobsen (1864–1918), Faroese linguist
- Arthur Jensen (1897–1981), Danish actor
- Sámal Joensen-Mikines (1906–1979), Faroese painter
- Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927), Danish botanist and geneticist
- Viggo Johansen (1851–1935), Danish painter and draftsman
- Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter
- Duke Jordan (1922-2006), American jazz pianist
- Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016), Danish politician
- Hack Kampmann (1856–1920), Danish architect, royal building inspector, architecture professor and painter
- Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976), Danish politician and Prime Minister
- Johan Peter Koch (1870–1928), Danish officer, cartographer and polar explorer
- Herman D. Koppel (1908–1998), Danish pianist and composer
- Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), Danish politician
- Johann Adam Krygell (1835–1915), Danish organist and composer
- Thor Lange (1851–1915), Danish writer and translator
- Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850–1926), Danish composer
- Henrik Malberg (1873–1958), Danish actor
- Otto Malling (1848–1915), Danish organist and composer
- Niels Matthiasen (1924–1980), Danish politician
- Johannes Meyer (1884–1972), Danish actor
- Sophus Michaëlis (1865–1932), Danish poet
- Vilhelm Milthers (1865–1962), Danish geologist
- Sigvard Munk (1891–1983), Danish politician and Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
- Franz Xaver Neruda (1843–1915), Danish composer
- Asta Nielsen (1881–1972), Danish actress
- Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), Danish composer and conductor
- Poul Nørlund (1888–1951), Danish cultural and art historian and medieval archaeologist
- Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931), Danish botanist
- Egmont Harald Petersen (1860–1914), Danish publisher and founder of the Egmont Foundation
- Julius Peter Christian Petersen (1839–1910), Danish mathematician
- Helmut Pfeiffer (1907–1945), German lawyer and SS officer who rescued people persecuted by the Nazi regime
- Louis Pio (1841-1894), Danish socialist leader
- Carl Ploug (1813-1894), Danish poet, journalist and politician
- Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), Greenland-Danish polar explorer, ethnologist and author
- Helmer Rosting (1893–1945), Danish theologian, diplomat and director of the Danish Red Cross
- AW Sandberg (1887–1938), Danish film director and cameraman
- Sophus Schandorph (1836–1901), Danish writer
- Eiler Theodor Lehn Schiøler (1874–1929), Danish banker and ornithologist
- Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933), Danish biologist
- Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942), Danish politician and statesman
- Karl Kristian Steincke (1880–1963), Danish lawyer and politician
- Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941), Swedish writer
- Ed Thigpen (1930-2010), American jazz drummer
- Valdemar Tofte (1832–1907), Danish violinist and music teacher
- Laurits Tuxen (1853–1927), Danish sculptor, portrait, history and landscape painter
- Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917), Danish painter
Web links
- kk.dk: Vestre Kirkegård - mellem Sydhavnen, Valby og Vesterbro (Danish)
- gravsted.dk: List of graves in Vestre Kirkegård (Danish)
- findagrave.com: Tombs on Vestre Kirkegård (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ kk.dk: Vestre Kirkegård on the Københavns Municipality website (Danish)
- ↑ triposo.com: Copenhagen, Denmark - Vestre Cemetery (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 39 ′ 25.9 ″ N , 12 ° 31 ′ 47.6 ″ E