The cemetery Ohlsdorf in Hamburg quarters the Ohlsdorf is with 405 hectars the largest cemetery of Europe after surface. So far here 1.4 million humans were buried, and on the entire area are 280,000 grave places. Still more dead one accommodates central cemetery in Europe only the Viennese.

New burying outside of existing grave fields are made only if in a smaller partial area the resting time of all graves ran off all graves in the section concerned after last burying and be waived can.

Planning and building

Funeral places scarcely and since 1854 were employed by the expansion of the city by the senate considerations, where a new large cemetery for Hamburg could be put on. This cemetery should be open in the indication of the secularization of the dead ones of all religions and denominations. Planning planned from the beginning a separation of all cemeteries in the city of Hamburg.

1874 were bought up a large part of the area between the road and the Prussian border direction Bramfeld, starting from 1877 the first funerals made.

The extension on the today's size eastward up to the Bramfelder Chaussee took place until 1920 in several steps.

Extension cemetery

1929 were already expected that the capacity of the cemetery would be exhausted into the 1940ern and one began with the planning of a further central cemetery in the Hamburg east. This, the cemetery was taken 1966 in enterprise.

Plant

The concept of the cemetery was distinguished as plan and model on that Paris world exhibition 1900 with one grand Prix.

In the western, older part large park-like structures prevail forwards. Here are also the grave marks of many prominent Hamburg ones. Individual Mausoleen was put on here as replacement for the grave plants of the given up old cemeteries.

The eastern, newer part is more strictly geometrically put on. The individual grave districts are separate by generous hedges and trees also here.

Two Buslinien lead across the cemetery, which has approximately 18 km routes.

The cemetery is because of the species-rich planting also as park, particularly at present worth seeing the

Buildings

"„New crematorium "“

As last project Fritz Schumacher realized the new crematorium and the three consecration halls in the clinker style at the main entrance Ohlsdorf, before he was replaced 1933 from the national socialists. (The fire funeral takes place today in Hamburg crematoria, this is on the cemetery

Memorial place for the victims of National Socialist pursuit

Opposite "„the new crematorium "“is the memorial place for the victims of National Socialist pursuit. In 105 upper and 29 underground urn containers are ash and earth from German concentration camps.

Chapels

• Chapel 1 at the chapel road
• Chapel 2 to the Nebenallee
• Chapel 3 at the Colonel race
• Chapel 4 in the mountain route
• Chapel 6 at the north ring
• Chapel 7 at the west ring
• Chapel 8, Kolumbarium at the west ring
• Chapel 9 in the Linnestrasse
• Chapel 10 in the Cordesallee
• Chapel 11 in the ash avenue
• Chapel 12 in the larch avenue
• Chapel 13 at the central avenue, builds 1927-28, draft Fritz Schumacher

Grave monuments

The arrangement of the graves was subject to regulations, however much clearance for artistic arrangement left.

Here are grave plastics, which were arranged by Xaver Arnold, Ernst Barlach, Arthur Bock, Hans Dammann, Annie Kalmar, Richard Hugo Lederer, Albert Leistner, Gerhard Marcks, Stefan Sinding and other one.

War graves

On the area are two German and British soldier cemeteries of both world wars.

Bomb victim

A mass grave cross-shaped put on (approx. 38,000 dead ones, official designation collecting grave) with the central memorial of Gerhard Marcks with a monumental group of figures (travel over the Styx) reminds of the victims of the bomb nights from 25 July to 3 August 1943.

Cemetery museum

The museum cemetery Ohlsdorf exists since 1996.

Carrier is "“Hamburg cemeteries - institute of public right"”, the honorary support is incumbent on the promotion circle Ohlsdorfer cemetery registered association. In a small historical building close of the main entrance is pointed to 60 m surface the variety of the hamburgischen cemetery and funeral culture. In addition special exhibitions with changing topics take place to the cemetery and mourning culture. The museum serves also as information office for culturally interested cemetery visitors. In addition archives of the promotion circle enclosure, it are available:

• A reference library with approximately 700 titles of books, brochures and magazines. They are seized and after ranges of topics and authors sorted in a data base.
• A card index over screen end artist, who affected the Ohlsdorfer cemetery.
• A collection from newspaper cuttings and illustrations to lives and working of well-known personalities, that were bestattet on the Ohlsdorfer cemetery. The collection dates partially back into the beginnings 20. Century.
• A collection of document excerpts, specialized technical, legal texts, press releases, newspaper cuttings and such a thing.

Opening times: Monday, Thursday, Sunday in each case of 10:00 to 14:00 Uhrund according to agreement. The entrance is free.

• Web page of the promotion association

Graves of well-known personalities

The graves of the more well-known Hamburg ones are to be reread here:

• http://www.friedhof-hamburg.de/ohlsdorf/prominente/index.htm

Related links

• http://www.ohlsdorf.de/friedhof/ohlsgeschichte.php3
• http://www.friedhof-hamburg.de/ohlsdorf/index.htm
• In the gallery are unique photographs of the cemetery Ohlsdorf
• Photo of the cemetery and prominent graves
• Photo of the chapels and some objects of interest
• very extensive information with many photos

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