Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Coordinates: 50°04′52″N 8°24′38″E / 50.080990°N 08.410550°E / 50.080990; 08.410550

Map of the cemetery

Old portal

Private mausoleum of the Gans family of industrialists.

The Gans mausoleum

Mausoleum Reichenbach-Lessonitz

Grave of Alois Alzheimer

Grave of Arthur Schopenhauer

Grave of Johannes von Miquel

Grave of the Metzler banking family

Grave of the Seitz family

Grave of the Grüttner family

Cécile Charlotte Sophie Mendelssohn Bartholdy née Jeanrenaud, wife of Felix Mendelssohn, with other family members

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 [de] (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
[de] (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
[de] (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
[de] (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[]

Media related to Hauptfriedhof (Frankfurt am Main) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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