Wennigser cemetery

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Mausoleum and prayer room

The Wennigser Friedhof is the central burial place of Wennigsen , capital of the municipality of the same name on the Deister. It is listed as an ensemble and also includes the Meyer family mausoleum and the parents' tomb as an individual monument. The cemetery is owned by the Hanover Monastery Chamber and operated by the local Evangelical Lutheran Marien-Petrie community.

history

The Wennigs were buried immediately south of the monastery church until 1822. Deserved personalities of the church found their final resting place in the house of God. This included the abbesses of the monastery, who rested under the choir. At the beginning of the 19th century there was not enough space by the church for burials. The population of the place increased so much that a new churchyard was built west of the old customs house on the road to Sorsum . The consecration was carried out by the Wennigs pastor Kuhlemann in the presence of around 700–800 Wennigers. The first enlargement took place in 1853, the next in 1870. To date, the area has been expanded a total of five times. Another area is reserved to the northeast to this day. A cemetery chapel was built in 1909; In 1961 it gave way to a new building.

mausoleum

Plaque in the prayer room

Originally the mausoleum was the family burial place of the Meyer family from Sorsum . On the initiative of the Wennigser Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein von 1896 eV, the mausoleum built around 1914 was renovated with the help of volunteers. The former final resting place has been open to the public since August 2011. The inner area is around 12 square meters and is used as a prayer room.

Eltengrave

Elten's tomb with stylized goddess Justitia

The royal forester Eduard Elten is buried in the cemetery. One of the most splendid tombstones in the Wennigs cemetery adorns his final resting place. It is a sandstone block about 200 centimeters high. Justitia, the goddess of justice, is depicted on the obverse. The hunter raises the avenger's sword. According to legend, Waidmann Elten caught a poacher doing his wrongdoing on March 1st, 1835 and both killed each other in an exchange of fire. In fact, several hunters are said to have shot. His hunting dog watches over the goddess. The sculptor was Ernst von Bandel , known as the draftsman of the Hermann monument . It bears the inscription: Hoping for heavenly justice, he practiced earthly justice, as it were . At the place where Elten was found, in Wennigsen at the Waldkater stands the Eltendenkmal .

War cemetery

In the cemetery there is also a war cemetery to commemorate those who fell in World War II . The Wennigs memorial event on the day of national mourning takes place there every year.

credentials

  1. ^ F. Garbe: Parish and Wennigsen Monastery through the ages. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1965; P. 121
  2. ↑ http://www.vvv-wennigsen.de/0901/fileadmin/Redakteure/Bilder/Mausoleum_Projektplan__Kompatibilitaetsmodus_.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on September 8, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.vvv-wennigsen.de  
  3. ↑ http://www.buergermeisterblog.de/2011/08/andachtsraum-auf-dem-wennigser-friedhof.html on September 8, 2011
  4. ^ F. Wüllner: From Wennigsen's past - contributions to local history. Self-published, Wennigsen 1973; P. 183

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 32 ″  E