Central Cemetery (Quedlinburg)

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Main avenue to the cemetery chapel (March 2017)
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Graves on the main side avenue (March 2017)
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Stone crosses and memorial to the prisoners of war of the First World War (March 2017)
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Memorial to the prisoners of war of the First World War (March 2017)
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The Zentralfriedhof is a cemetery in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The cemetery grounds are located southeast of Quedlinburg city center at Badeborner Weg 15 . The cemetery is registered in the Quedlinburg monument register.

Architecture and history

The Quedlinburg Central Cemetery was laid out according to plans by the Wroclaw garden architect Hans Pietzner and opened in 1904. The layout of the cemetery was based on the extensive landscape park of the 19th century. From the main entrance gate an avenue leads to the cemetery chapel , which is also based on a design by Pitzner. The chapel was built in Art Nouveau style and has neo-Romanesque shapes.

There is a canopy near the main entrance to the cemetery , which should enhance the entrance area.

There is a military cemetery on the east side of the chapel . There is a war memorial on it in memory of those who fell in the First World War . The monument was created in 1917/18 by the sculptor CE Poirier based on a design by the architect CE Seigneur . Construction began in the spring of 1917. The monument has an aedicula with a relief and inscriptions. Surrounded by a cross box, the names of the fallen are listed on the back. A total of 559 war dead are buried here. Of these, 147 were German soldiers who died in the Quedlinburg military hospital between November 21, 1914 and July 14, 1919. From March 1917 stone crosses were erected for the dead. In the cemetery, deceased inmates of the prisoner-of-war camp in Quedlinburg were buried. Between September 25, 1914 and February 26, 1920, 700 prisoners of war died in the camp, including 412 Russians, 155 French, 101 British and 32 Italians. For the deceased prisoners of war, wooden crosses were first placed, which were made by the prisoners. They also had to look after the prisoner-of-war graves. The monument was financed through donations from the prisoners of war. The inauguration of the monument took place on June 30, 1918. The camp commandant had invited to the ceremony. Representatives of the city of Quedlinburg and the local military appeared. The mayor of Quedlinburg, Ernst Bansi , gave a speech and made the monument responsible for the city.

While the French, British and Italians were later exhumed, the Germans and Russians remained buried here. The first funeral took place for a corporal of the infantry from North Africa who was fighting for France. In 2014 the monument was renovated.

There are various artistically sophisticated tombs in the cemetery. In particular, the cemetery is the burial site for many families and people who are important for the history of Quedlinburg. Mayor Severin is buried here. The family graves of the Brauns, Krüger, Sachs, Tettenborn, Wegner and Weller families should also be mentioned. In addition, master carpenter Hammer was buried in the central cemetery.

literature

  • Grave of the mayor Severin

  • canopy

  • State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , page 71 f.
  • The graves are preserved keep the peace, graves for the victims of the 1st World War in the area of ​​today's state of Saxony-Anhalt , publisher: Ministry of the Interior and Sport of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 2014, page 100 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The graves are kept keeping the peace, graves for the victims of World War I in the area of ​​what is today the state of Saxony-Anhalt , publisher: Ministry of the Interior and Sport of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 2014, page 100
  2. ↑ The graves are kept keeping the peace, graves for the victims of World War I in the area of ​​today's state of Saxony-Anhalt , publisher: Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 2014, page 101

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '15.4 "  N , 11 ° 9' 59.6"  E