Frankfurt Main Cemetery
Coordinates: 50°04′52″N 8°24′38″E / 50.080990°N 08.410550°E
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The Frankfurt Main Cemetery (German: Hauptfriedhof) is the largest cemetery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was opened in 1828. The cemetery is located directly adjacent to two Jewish cemeteries—the Old Jewish Cemetery (opened together with the Main Cemetery in 1828) and the (opened in 1928)—and together they form one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany. The cemetery is noted for its many monumental graves, its garden architecture and as the site of the graves of many notable individuals.[1]
History[]
The Frankfurt Main Cemetery was planned as the replacement of St. Peter's Cemetery, which had been the main cemetery of the city since the 16th century. At the time, today's Main Cemetery was located outside of the city. The plans were met with resistance in the population. In particular, the still influential patrician families did not want to abandon their monumental family tombs at St. Peter's Cemetery. They only relented when larger monumental graves were also permitted on the new cemetery, contrary to the initial plan.
Notable graves[]
The references are to the graves' locations (Gewann unless otherwise noted).
A[]
- Wolfgang Abendroth (1906–1985), jurist
- Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), educator
- Franz Adickes (1846–1915), Mayor of Frankfurt 1890–1912
- (1761–1831), jurist and politician
- Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), philosopher
- (1871–1914), painter
- Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), physician
- (1913–1995), businessman
- (1927–2004), Mayor of Frankfurt 1972–1977
- (1792–1848), General and politician, E243
B[]
- (1859–1939), painter, J 61
- Karl Ballenberger (1801–1860) painter, F 47
- (1950–2005), jazz musician V 774
- August de Bary (1874–1954), physician, D
- (1840–1911), architect, J 120
- (1810–1872), painter, F 143
- (1828–1904), painter, F 1889
- (1837–1907), painter C 260
- (1790–1852), senator and founder of the cemetery, C7
- (1788–1883), author, Gruft 43
- (1945–2002), musician, XIII GG48
- Willy Berking (1910–1979), composer, Gedenkstätte E an der Mauer 339a
- Family von Bethmann, bankers B an der Mauer 362 + 400
- (1885–1960), literature, scholar, C214a
- (1846–1933), founder of the Binding-Brauerei, F 816–817
- Friedrich Landolin Karl Freiherr von Blittersdorf (1792–1861), Baden politician and diplomat, an der Mauer 106
- (1837–1908), surgeon, E an der Mauer 539a
- (1873–1916), painter and sculptor, X II 1
- Johann Friedrich Böhmer (1795–1863), historian, A 239
- Family , businessmen, an der Mauer 432
- (1869–1952), historian, IV 171
- Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), chemist, J 751a
- Otto Brenner (1907–1972), businessman, E 1479b
- Antonie Brentano (1780–1869) and spouse (1765–1844), merchant, Gruft 48
- (1912–1970), Mayor of Frankfurt 1964–1970, II 204a
- (1837–1884), founder of Hoechst AG, J an der Mauer 606–609
- Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901–1989), publisher, F 1908
- Carl Peter Burnitz (1824–1886), painter, E 724
- Rudolf Burnitz (1789–1849), architect, An der Mauer 516
- (1827–1880), architect, An der Mauer 516
C–D[]
- (1919–1996), actress, J 296
- (1847–1930), theatre director, I 183
- (1848–1908), actress, I 183
- (1824–1907), painter and art historian, D 12
- (1893–1965), actress, F 1459
- Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845), physician and founder of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, D 244/45
- (1850–1935), priest, A 282
- Franz Karl Delavilla (1884–1967), graphic artist, I 1354
- Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (1809–1885), painter, J 548
- (1909–1984), merchant, an der Mauer 410a
E–F[]
- Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918), physician, II GG 21
- (1863–1929), women's rights activist, II GG 21
- Tilly Edinger (1897–1967), paleontologist, II GG 21
- August Euler (1868–1957), minister of aviation, IV 120
- (1843–1899), painter, an der Mauer 555a
- Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (1780–1857), jurist, General and military painter, D 86
- (1817–1866), Mayor of Frankfurt, D an der Mauer 164
- Anselm von Feuerbach (1775–1833), jurist, C an der Mauer 105
- (1773–1829), historian, C a.d.Mauer 79
- (1853–1915), politician E 47a
- (1873–1929), jurist V 74a
- Leo Frobenius (1873–1938), Africa researcher, C 424
G–H[]
- Mausoleum Gans, built 1909 for IV
- (1843–1935), businessman, III GG 9
- Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943), opera singer, II 34
- Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006), author, A 1103
- (1926–1982), painter, XIII 361
- Georg Goltermann (1824–1898), composer, D an der Mauer 153
- Familie , B Gruft 44
- Karl Graebe (1841–1927), chemist, D 75
- (1908–1932), XIV 219b
- (1772–1851), Mayor of Frankfurt, C 8
- Karl Gutzkow (1811–1878), author, D 272a
- (1796–1868), Mayor of Frankfurt, B an der Mauer 399
- (1857–1938), industrialist, II 192
- (1868–1952), poet, A 159a
- (1800–1868), Mayor of Frankfurt, E an der Mauer 359a
- Georg Hartmann (1870–1954), businessman, II 34
- Hans Hartz (1943–2002), songwriter, XIV 9
- Samuel Friedrich Hassel (1798–1876), singer and actor, A 24
- (1825–1904), painter, F 1820
- Eva Heller (1948–2008), author
- (1843–1909), businessman, E 774
- (1785–1845), architect, D 457
- Friedrich Hessemer (1800–1860), architect, F II
- Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994), composer G 540
- (1835–1913), Mayor of Frankfurt, G 428
- Carl Heinrich Georg von Heyden (1793–1866), Mayor of Frankfurt, D 216 an der Mauer
- Wilhelm Hill (1838–1902), composer, E 131
- Joseph Hoch (1815–1874), lawyer and founder of the Hoch Conservatory, Gruft 39
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894), author (Struwwelpeter), G an der Mauer 541
- (1893–1962), Mayor of Frankfurt, I 1118
- (1866–1923), F an der Mauer 184
- (1754–1832), Mayor of Frankfurt, F an der Mauer 137
- (1879–1962), businessman, II GG3
- (1805–1870), businessman, F 568
- (1897–1985), author and chairman of the Schopenhauer Society, A 24a (next to Arthur Schopenhauer)
- Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), author, II 204
- (1754–1830), theologian, C Reihe 12/37
I–L[]
- Johannes Janssen (1829–1891), historian, E 562
- (1819–1904), author, F 946
- (1859–1922), historian, G 1500
- (1920–1981), politician, XIV 202
- (1779–1835), historian, D 60
- Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), political activist, I 242
- (1853–1932), businessman, II 191
- (1812–1890), painter, V 428
- (1841–1926), painter, V 428
- (1902–1956), Mayor of Frankfurt A 55a
- Friedrich Krebs (1894–1961), Mayor of Frankfurt, XII 646
- Georg Ludwig Kriegk (1805–1878), historian, E 93
- Armin K.W. Kutzsche (1914–1995), physician, C
- Ludwig Landmann (1868–1945), Mayor of Frankfurt, A 290
- (1849–1912), businessman, J 463a
- Familie Julius Lejeune, B 106
- Theodor Lerner (1866–1931), journalist, A 47
- (1814–1848), politician, E 243 (memorial)
- (1911–1986), philosopher, IV 207
- (1839–1902), architect, F 1356
- Rose Livingston (1860–1914), philanthropist, F an der Mauer 460b
- (1834–1903), chemist, F 2046, 2047
- (1887–1966), actor, XIII 618
M–N[]
- Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), physicist, A 609
- (1894–1973), surgeon, II GG 31
- (1889–1966), school leader, E
- Carl Malß (1792–1848), poet, A Reihe 94/98
- Albert Mangelsdorff (1928–2005), jazz musician, XV 31
- (1869–1928), wine merchant, D 294
- Edwin von Manteuffel (1809–1885), General, Altes Portal (memorial)
- Ernst May (1886–1970), architect, A 274
- (1827–1895), industrialist, an der Mauer 450
- née Jeanrenaud (1817–1851), wife of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, E 172
- (1881–1960), industrialist and philanthropist, II GG 10, 11
- Wilhelm Merton (1848–1916), Industrialist, II GG 10,11
- (1839–1918), banker, C 88
- Johann Friedrich von Meyer (1772–1849), senator, an der Mauer D 176
- Johannes von Miquel (1828–1901), Mayor of Frankfurt, D 297
- Alexander Mitscherlich (1908–1982), author, J 1049
- Margarete Mitscherlich (1917–2012), physician, J 1049
- Franz Joseph Molitor (1779–1860), author, F 250
- (1920–1971), Mayor of Frankfurt, II 202c
- Tycho Mommsen (1819–1900), philologist, F 1608
- (1811–1893), painter F 864
- (1777–1844), painter, A 101
- (1812–1894), businessman, V 163
- (1830–1871), painter, an der Mauer 542a
- (1818–1890), Mayor of Frankfurt, A 84
- (1833–1890), art collector, B 141
- (1827–1916), photographer, C Gruft 24
- (1839–1883), architect, C Gruft 24
- Josef Neckermann (1912–1992), B an der Mauer 380–81
- (1782–1849), physician, an der Mauer 62
- (1850–1916), architect, II GG 69
- (1774–1848), Russian diplomat, Gruft 13
P–R[]
- (1881–1944), journalist, A 276a
- (1881–1958), painter A 276a
- Johann David Passavant (1787–1861), art historian F 589
- (1836–1918), chemist, A 61
- Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832–1913), American General, C Gruft 30
- (1860–1930), politician, E 743
- (1864–1954), politician, E 743
- Joseph Joachim Raff (1822–1882), Swiss composer, D 298
- Ludwig Rehn (1849–1930), surgeon, V 143
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013), literature critic, XIV 34 UG
- (1920–2011), artist, XIV 34 UG
- Countess née Ortlepp (1791–1843), wife of the Elector of Hesse, Mausoleum, F 1
- Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820–1893), painter, G 372
- Ferdinand Ries (1784–1837), composer and student of Beethoven
- (1782–1861), C 155
- (1813–1883), an der Mauer 444
- Ludwig Rottenberg (1864–1932), composer, II GG29
- (1795–1867), architect, an der Mauer 269a
- Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884), African researcher, F 155a
S[]
- (1782–1855), merchant and Mayor of Frankfurt, B an der Mauer 330
- (1840–1894), sculptor, J 634 Plan Nr.158
- (1887–1963), senator, III
- Dorothea Schlegel née Mendelssohn (1763–1839), author, B 180
- Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804–1881), botanist, J 751b
- (1833–1899), architect, an der Mauer 465a
- (1838–1907), physician, C 90
- Pauline Schmidt (1840–1856), C 148, N 50° 07' 55.2 E 008° 41' 17.8
- Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1797–1869), sculptor, an der Mauer 398a
- (1874–1945), surgeon XIV 33
- Otto Scholderer (1834–1902), painter F 185a
- Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853–1928), XIV 403
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher, A 24, N 50° 07' 59.7 E 008° 41' 04.3
- (1842–1912), painter, I 531
- Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring (1755–1830), anatomist, an der Mauer 178
- Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (1901–1986), politician, II 268
- Johann Baptist von Schweitzer (1833–1875), politician, Gruft 32
- (1878–1979), architect, VII 231a
- (1950–2011), politician, D 550
- (1889–1958), IV 125
- (1846–1924), painter, E 577a
- (1869–1927), II 220
- (1842–1933), poet, II GG 23
- (1816–1891), journalist, J 306, N 50° 08' 02.8" E 008° 41' 26.6
- (1838–1920), chemist, I 212
- Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886–1944), General, an der Mauer 402b (memorial)
T–Z[]
- Alfred Teves and family, businessman, II 135
- (1867–1926), physician, V
- Abisag Tüllmann (1935–1996), photographer, F 1763
- (1924–2002), publisher, II 203
- Franz Volhard (1872–1950), physician, V 311
- Friedrich Karl Waechter (1937–2005), cartoonist, J 1066
- Walter Wallmann (1932–2013), Mayor of Frankfurt, XIV, 32
- Beda Weber (1798–1858), German Benedictine professor, author, and member of the Frankfurt Parliament, B 141, 142
- Arthur von Weinberg (1860–1943), businessman, II GG 29, 29a, 30
- Marianne von Willemer (1784–1860), Goethe's love interest, D 261
- Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873), painter, C 123/124
- Johann Georg August Wirth (1798–1848), author, A 98–88
- Paul Wolff (1887–1951), physician, II GG 17a
- (1864–1925), educator D 228
- (1796–1868), sculptor D 256
References[]
- ^ Zum Gedenken – Grab- und Denkmäler in Frankfurt am Main Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Literature[]
- Victor von Brauchitsch, Helga von Brauchitsch: Zum Gedenken – Grabmale in Frankfurt am Main. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0354-4.
- Peter Braunholz, Britta Boerdner, Christian Setzepfandt: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-7973-1147-4.
- Ebba D. Drolshagen: Der melancholische Garten: Ein Spaziergang über den Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof. Heinrich und Hahn, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-86597-003-6.
- Ebba D. Drolshagen: Der melancholische Garten: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof und seine Grabdenkmäler im 19. Jahrhundert. Fricke, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-88184-095-8.
- Bettina Erche: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof. Supplement-Band zur Denkmaltopographie Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Henrich, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-921606-35-7.
- Friedhofsverwaltung der Stadt Frankfurt am Main – Grünflächenamt – Abteilung Friedhofsangelegenheiten: Der Friedhofswegweiser – Informationen, Hinweise, Standorte, Historie, Anschriften, Inserate. Mammut-Verlag, Leipzig, 2012.
External links[]
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