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.
13-636: Hauptfriedhof may refer to: Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe , a cemetery in Karlsruhe , Germany Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf , a cemetery in Ohlsdorf , Germany Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt , a cemetery in Frankfurt , Germany Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hauptfriedhof . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
26-592: 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. 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
39-602: A new community was built on a field full of "Habachen" (probably trees). On December 2, 1261, Pope Urban IV confirmed that "Hagesvelt" and all its farms belonged to Gottesaue Monastery . Margrave Jakob I bequeathed Hagsfeld to his son George of Baden in 1453. The Laurentius Church and the cemetery were also mentioned in 1499 as the property of Gottesaue Monastery. The Thirty Years' War also claimed many victims in Hagsfeld, so that in 1650 there were only 45 residents left. In 1851 Hagsfeld comprised 110 houses in which
52-475: A total of 908 residents lived. The Hagsfeld volunteer fire department was founded in 1874 and the first train station was built in 1895. The first gas line followed in 1909, and the population rose to 2,000 in 1911. During the Nazi era , the free gymnastics association and the workers' sports club were banned in 1933. On April 1, 1938, Hagsfeld with 2,962 residents was incorporated into the city of Karlsruhe . On
65-523: Is a borough in the north east of Karlsruhe . Hagsfeld borders the Stutensee borough of Blankenloch in the north, Weingarten in the northeast and the Karlsruhe boroughs Grötzingen in the east, Durlach in the southeast, Rintheim in the south and Waldstadt in the west. In 991 Hagsfeld was mentioned for the first time as "Habachesfelt". According to tradition, the name comes from the fact that
78-583: 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
91-421: 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 . On
104-476: 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
117-443: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hauptfriedhof&oldid=1032822633 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe Curved avenues of plane trees instead of rigid axes were part of
130-404: 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
143-649: 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. 49°01′03″N 8°26′08″E / 49.017462°N 8.435429°E / 49.017462; 8.435429 Hagsfeld Hagsfeld
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#1732783908101156-469: 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. Over the years, a number of famous persons, some of whom were known far beyond
169-515: Was handed over to the city of Karlsruhe in 1963, which has been using it as a Columbarium since 1985. 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
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