Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

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The chapel HauptfriedhofKarlsruheKapelle.jpg
The chapel
The entrance as a triumphal arch HauptfriedhofKarlsruheTriumphbogenaussen.jpg
The entrance as a triumphal arch
The Campo Santo with the inside of the triumphal arch HauptfriedhofKarlsruheTriumphbogeninnen.jpg
The Campo Santo with the inside of the triumphal arch
Karlsruhe Main Cemetery Small Chapel Karlsruhe Hauptfriedhof KleineKapelle.jpg
Karlsruhe Main Cemetery Small Chapel
Jewish chapel in the general cemetery Karlsruhe Hauptfriedhof juedischeKapelle.jpg
Jewish chapel in the general cemetery
Muslim burial ground in the main cemetery Karlsruhe Hauptfriedhof muslimisch.jpg
Muslim burial ground in the main cemetery
Sculpture on a burial ground Hauptfriedhof Graeber ev.jpg
Sculpture on a burial ground
Memorial to air war victims in World War II Karlsruhe Fliegeropfer II.jpg
Memorial to air war victims in World War II
Sculpture in the Burklin'sches Mausoleum created by Johannes Hoffart Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe - Trauernde Mausoleum Burklin.jpg
Sculpture in the Bürklin’sches Mausoleum created by Johannes Hoffart

The Hauptfriedhof in Karlsruhe is one of the oldest German communal rural cemeteries. In 1871, the first plans to build a new burial ground outside the city center began. The cemetery was laid out in 1874 by Josef Durm in the Rintheim district, east of the actual city, after the inner-city Alter Friedhof Karlsruhe in the Oststadt had become too small. The main cemetery has grown from its original size of 15.3 hectares in 1873 to over 34 hectares. The graves of more than 32,000 deceased are currently in the cemetery.

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Structuring

Curved avenues of plane trees instead of rigid axes were part of the new conception of the park cemetery. While the representative monuments stood on the main paths, the simpler tombs were hidden behind hedges. The former crematorium, today a chapel for burials on a small scale, is elevated.

Since 2003, natural burials have been offered in an area called Mein letzter Garten ("my last garden").

There is a Muslim burial ground in the cemetery. An Orthodox and a Liberal Jewish cemetery with the graves of Otto Nachmann and his son, the former chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Werner Nachmann are separated.

Buildings

The entrance, which is reached from Haid-und-Neu-Straße after passing an avenue and several outbuildings, is designed in the style of a Roman triumphal arch. Behind the portal there is a courtyard based on the pattern of the Campo santo, which is closed off by the Renaissance-style crypt hall as well as the mortuary and the burial chapel. The ensemble is the first example of the Neo-Renaissance building in Baden and was restored at the beginning of the 21st century.

In 1903 the crematorium was built according to designs by August Stürzenacker. It is clad with reddish sandstone. With its neo-Romanesque design, it is considered the first crematorium to look like Christian sacred buildings; Until then, oriental architectural styles had been chosen for the type of burial, which the churches rejected. The building has been used as a small funeral hall since 2002. A new and more modern crematorium was put into operation in 1998.

The former resting place of the Bürklin family is also located in the cemetery. Today's Bürklin'sches Mausoleum was handed over to the city of Karlsruhe in 1963, which has been using it as a Columbarium since 1985.

Information center

At the entrance to the cemetery area is the information center of the Verein zur Pflege der Friedhofs- und Bestattungskultur Karlsruhe. The information center was opened in April 2002 and is located in the former waiting hall of the former Karlsruhe local railway, which led to Hagsfeld. The building was designed by the Karlsruhe architect Friedrich Beichel and was built in Art Nouveau between 1905 and 1906. The association sees itself as a contact point for people who have ideas, questions and concerns about the topics of cemetery, burial and death. The association also offers cemetery tours, exhibitions and lectures. [1]

Famous persons

Over the years, a number of famous persons, some of whom were known far beyond the borders of Karlsruhe and the region, found their final resting place in the main cemetery in Karlsruhe. The best known among them is probably the inventor of the forerunner of the bicycle Karl Freiherr von Drais. Other prominent persons who were buried here included the poet and author Joseph Victor von Scheffel, the painter Hans Thoma and the composer and court music director Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda.

List of famous persons buried on the Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

A–D

E–J

K–Q

R–T

U–Z

Honor graves

On the site of the Hauptfriedhof there are also the Ehrengräber of the two lawyers working in Karlsruhe Ludwig Marum (1882–1934) and Reinhold Frank (1896–1945). Both men were victims of the Nazi regime and were each honored with their own memorial stone.

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References

  1. "Verein - Friedhöfe Karlsruhe". www.friedhof-karlsruhe.de. City of Karlsruhe. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

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