Forest cemetery Obermenzing
The Waldfriedhof Obermenzing is located in the Obermenzing district of the state capital Munich . The cemetery complex on Bergsonstrasse is a protected monument .
history
The Obermenzing cemetery was opened in 1913 by the then independent municipality of Obermenzing. There are around 3,600 graves in the Obermenzing cemetery. The cemetery area covers 8.02 hectares . The neoclassical mourning hall with a pillar portal was built in 1912/13 based on designs by Adolf Fraas .
Graves of famous personalities
- Hans Jürgen Diedrich (1923–2012), actor and cabaret artist
- Walther Diehl (1920–1994), writer, journalist and actor
- August Exter (1858–1933), architect
- Murad Ferid (1908–1998), legal scholar
- Olf Fischer (1917–1998), author, actor, director
- Gustav Gsaenger (1900–1989), architect, especially sacred architecture
- Karl Himmelstoss (1872–1967) sculptor and porcelain maker
- Hans Huber-Sulzemoos (1873–1951), painter
- Ellis Kaut (1920–2015), writer
- Franz Kelch (1915–2013), oratorio singer
- Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977), radio broadcaster, actor and theater director
- Ottmar Ostermayr (1886–1958), film producer
- Peter Ostermayr (1882–1967), film pioneer and film producer
- Hartmut Reck (1932–2001), film actor and voice actor
- Gertrud Spalke (1890–1962), actress, radio play and voice actor
- Karl Richard Tschon (1923–1993), composer and writer
- Maria Weber (1899–1984), sculptor
- Ruth von Zerboni (1903–1991), actress
literature
- Lioba Betten - Thomas Multhaup: The Münchner Friedhöfe - Guide to Places of Remembrance , MünchenVerlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-7630-4056-8 , pp. 122–125
- Denis A. Chevalley, Timm Weski: State Capital Munich - Southwest (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-584-5 , p. 118 .
Web links
Commons : Friedhof Obermenzing - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Obermenzing cemetery in the Munich city portal
- List of names Waldfriedhof Obermenzing on genealogy.net
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 53.4 " N , 11 ° 26 ′ 54" E