Waldfriedhof (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe)

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Consecration hall

The Waldfriedhof is a cemetery in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe . It is a listed building as a whole .

The forest cemetery

Oak

Due to the increase in population, the previous denominational cemeteries in Bad Homburg had become too small. There were the inner-city Lutheran and Protestant cemeteries at the beginning of Saalburgstrasse and the Catholic cemetery at Gluckensteinweg. Due to its inner-city location, an extension was not possible. From 1920 to 1922 the forest cemetery was therefore rebuilt as a communal cemetery. A part of the Hardtwald on the road towards Friedrichsdorf was chosen as the location .

The original five hectare area was landscaped by the Siesmayer brothers, Frankfurt. An artificially created network of paths gives the impression of a park that has grown over time. The focal point is a ray of paths emanating from a rhododendron-grown roundabout. Part of the cemetery is the valley-like incision of a tributary of the Seulbach , which is crossed by a vaulted, stone bridge. The oak at the end of this natural axis is protected as a natural monument and is around 500 years old.

The buildings as well as the permanent facilities were created according to plans by the building councilor Ludwig Lipp .

In 2011, an offer for tree graves was created with the “Forest of Light”. The Oberursel artist Hendoc created the central sculpture of this section from local oak. The name tags of the deceased are attached to the cubic base, with a gold-plated flame at the top.

Ehrenfeld

Ehrenfeld

The Ehrenfeld is a memorial for the dead of the two world wars. During the First World War, those soldiers who died in the hospitals of Bad Homburg were buried in the Hardwald. When the cemetery was set up, the facility was integrated into the forest cemetery as the “Heroes Grove”. In 1950/51 the Heldenhain, now called Ehrenfeld, was brought into its present form. In the center there is a monumental grave, at the head end a small chapel containing the shrine of honor. The windowless and unadorned chapel has a tinny tent roof and onion-hood roof ridge. The facility is surrounded by a wall.

Consecration hall

The consecration hall was consecrated on September 17, 1921. The floor plan is cross-shaped. The building, made of various materials, has a hipped roof and a ridge turret (the bell comes from the old school on Schulberg and was cast by bell master Steffan in Bingen in 1517) and is in the forms of historicism and art nouveau. The cross arm, designed as an outpatient clinic, creates the connection to the morgue standing apart. From this a courtyard-shaping pergola goes off at a right angle. A small fountain with a pebble mosaic and a gargoyle in the shape of a lion's head forms the center of the pergola. In 1979 the consecration hall was expanded to include a single-storey mourning hall facing west.

Gatehouse

In front of the main entrance to the forest cemetery on Kreuzweg is the single-storey porter's house. The base is made of quarry stone, the house itself is plastered and covered with a dormer-studded tent roof. In 1972 an extension was added to the north.

Monument protection

The listed complex XII "Waldfriedhof" in Bad Homburg includes the area of ​​the Waldfriedhof in its original boundaries, the Ehrenfeld. the signposted route, a bridge and a brick water tap, as well as the building, the gatekeeper's house and the blessing hall that form the entrance area.

Personalities who are buried in the forest cemetery

A number of well-known people are buried in the forest cemetery. These include the Quandt, Fresenius, Dr. Reimers and Gerdes and many individual personalities.

  • Fountain at the consecration hall

  • Grave of Wilhelm Eich

  • Grave of Armin Klein

  • Grave slabs Günther and Harald Quandt

See also

Web links

Commons : Waldfriedhof  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 17.4 ″  E