Jewish Northern Cemetery (Copenhagen)
 The gatehouse | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1694 |
| Location | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°41′28″N 12°33′25″E / 55.691°N 12.557°ECoordinates: 55°41′28″N 12°33′25″E / 55.691°N 12.557°E |
| Type | Jewish (closed) |
| Size | 13,500 |
| No. of graves | 5,500 |
The Jewish Northern Cemetery in Nørrebro was formerly the principal Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has an area of 13,500 square metres and contains some 5,500 burials.
History[]
The Jewish congregation in Copenhagen purchased a 900 square metre site outside the city for use as a burial site in the early 1690s. The oldest burial in the cemetery is from 1694. Further acquisitions of land had brought the cemetery up to its current size by 1854 but it was still passed out of use when a new Jewish cemetery opened in connection with the new Vestre Cemetery.[1]
Today[]
The brick wall which today surrounds the cemetery on three sides, along Møllegade, Guldbergsgade and Birkegade, was built in 1873 to a design by Vilhelm Tvede. The entrance is on Møllegade. The cemetery was listed in 1983.[2]
Burials[]
- David Baruch Adler, broker
- , educator
- , engraver
- , physician
- Sophus Berendsen, industrialist
- , book dealer
- , industrialist
- Meyer Herman Bing, industrialist
- , philanthropist
- , portrait painter
- David Halberstadt, merchant
- , lawyer
- Marie Henriques, painter
- Martin Henriques, banker
- , painter
- Sally Henriques, painter
- , painter
- , businessman
- , physician
- , engraver
- , ædelstenskærer
- , engraver
- , engraver
- , painter
- , linguist
- , national bank manager
- Moritz G. Melchior, merchant
- Moses Melchior, merchant
- , eye surgeon
- , printer
- Hartvig Philip Rée, merchant
- Salomon Soldin, book dealer
- , stage painter
- Abraham Wolff, Chief Rabbi
Cultural depictions[]
Music[]
The Jewish Northern Cemetery is the subject of an instrumental song, "The Jewish Cemetery on Møllegade", by Jóhann Jóhannsson.[3]
Image gallery[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Nørrebros jødiske kirkegård åbnes for offentligheden" (in Danish). AOK. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ^ "Mosarisk Begravelsesplads" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- ^ Bruce-Jones, Henry (24 April 2019). "Jóhann Jóhannsson's early works to be reissued on Retrospective I". Fact. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosaisk Nordre Begravelsesplads. |
- Pamphlet about the cemetery
- Cemeteries in Copenhagen
- Jewish cemeteries
- Listed buildings and structures in Nørrebro
- 1694 establishments in Denmark
- Judaism in Copenhagen