Zorgvlied (cemetery)

Zorgvlied is a cemetery on the in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on the left bank of the river Amstel. The cemetery was opened in 1870 by the city of Amstelveen which still owns and operates it, though since 1896 (when city lines were redrawn) it is located within the boundaries of the city of Amsterdam. One of the country's best-known cemeteries, it is notable for the large number of celebrities, especially from the literary and theater worlds, buried there.

History[]

The cemetery takes its name from the villa on whose grounds it is built. The design, by , is in the English garden style. Zorgvlied was expanded in 1892 by Zocher's son, , and again in 1900, 1919, and 1926, when it became a burial place for the upper classes who had often been buried in in Driehuis. An atrium was added in 1930.

Notable monuments[]

Perceptions of death and burial have changed considerably. After the 1994 burial of , whose monument features him holding a glass of beer, some burials have become more extrovert. After a dispute over the burial of visual artist , the board of directors of Zorgvlied set aside a special area, called Paradiso, for monuments with extraordinary appearance or dimensions.

Rijksmonuments[]

The cemetery itself (the park and its paths), as well as a number of grave sites, were added to the list of Rijksmonuments in March 2008:

• Park construction, 1869-1931 (design junior, , and )
• Pathways, 1869-1931 (J.D. Zocher junior, L. van der Bijl en C.P. Broerse)
• Villa, 1869
• Gates and fences, 1926
• Atrium, 1931 (design )
• Monument for Oscar Carré, 1891 (design en )
• Monument for Dorrepaal family, 1886 (statue based on a design by )
• Monument for Von Rath-Bunge family, 1894
• Monument for Margot G. Mulder, 1889
• Monument for Sophie de Vries, 1892 (statue designed by )
• Monument for P.W. Jansen, 1906 (built by )
• Monument for Hartog van Banda family, 1873
• Monument for the Johanna Elisabeth Sophia Knoll family, 1900

Graves of notables[]

A[]

• Jan van Aartsen, politician (1909-1992)
• , actor (1925-2000)
• , theater historian (1907-2007)
• , doctor (1810-1892)
• August Allebé, painter (1838-1927)
• Martin van Amerongen, journalist (1941-2002)
• Hans Andreus, writer (1926-1977)
• , dancer (1971-1999)
• Milo Anstadt, TV producer and writer (1920-2011)
• , actor, director (1944-1992)
• Abraham Asscher, business person and president of the Jewish Council (1880-1950)
• , cellist (1938-1985)
• Elisabeth Augustin, writer (1903-2001)

B[]

• , feminist (1937-1997)
• , actor, singer (1927-2009)
• , theologian (1909-1987)
• , museum president (1928-2000)
• , cartoonist (1925-2008)
• Jacob Bendien, painter (1890-1933)
• , painter (1936-1994)
• Ans van den Berg, painter (1873-1942)
• Chris Berger, athlete (1911-1965)
• Eva Besnyö, photographer (1910-2004)
• Willem van Beusekom, TV producer (1947-2006)
• Paul Biegel, writer (1925-2006)
• Ronny Bierman, actress, singer (1938-1984), removed
• , actress (1900-1968)
• , actress (1920-2009)
• Hetty Blok, cabaret artist, singer and actress (1920-2012)
• , guitarist (1923-1995)
• , visual artist (1946-2005)
• , painter (1876-1964)
• , preacher (1910-1977)
• Nelly Bodenheim, painter (1874-1951)
• , director, musician (1937-2004)
• Gerrit Bolkestein, politician (1871-1956)2010
• , pianist (1933-2004)
• Andries Bonger, art collector (1861-1936)
• , TV producer (1939-1985), removed
• , poet, artist (1889 - 1976)
• , singer (1886-1940)
• , cellist (1856-1896)
• Henriëtte Bosmans, pianist, composer (1895-1952)
• , pianist (1861-1949)
• Louis Bouwmeester, actor (1842-1925)
• , actor (1878-1926)
• , choreographer (1908-1996)
• Johan Braakensiek, painter, graphic artist (1858-1940)
• , poet (1900-1968)
• , actor (1884-1971), removed
• , theologian (1916-1993)
• , writer (1942-2009)
• , writer (1959-2009)
• , painter (1928-1979)
• , garden and landscape architect (1902-1995)
• Herman Brood, artist, singer (1946-2001)
• , stage actor (1941-2011)
• Gré Brouwenstijn, opera singer (1915-1999)
• , poet, writer (1899-1947)
• , cartoonist (1944-1995)
• , preacher (1899-1980)

C[]

• , opera singer (1903-1938)
• , director Circus Carré (1846-1911)
• , actor (1854-1926), removed
• Chun Wei Cheung, Olympian rower (1972-2006)
• , journalist, writer (1942-2008)
• , judge, city councilman for Amsterdam (1925-2008)
• , mayor of Amstelveen 1916-1932 (1870-1932)
• Kitty Courbois, actress (1937-2017)
• Eduard Cuypers, architect (1859-1927)

D[]

• , actress (1887-1969)
• , actor (1915-1990)
• Lex van Delden, composer (1919-1988)
• , actress (1917-1985)
• , politicus (1890-1988)
• Cristina Deutekom, opera singer (1931-2014)
• , artist (1920-2009)
• , actor (1880-1937), removed
• , translator (1932-1999)
• Theo Dobbelman, artist (1906-1984)
• Joop Doderer, actor (1921-2005)
• Andrea Domburg, actress (1923-1997)
• Jan Hein Donner, chess master (1927-1988)
• Cornelis Dopper, composer (1870-1939)
• Gert-Jan Dröge, TV presenter (1943-2007)
• Jan Duiker, architect (1890-1935)
• , acteur (1921-2010)
• Kerwin Duinmeijer, murder victim (1968-1983)
• Wim Duisenberg, politician, banker (1935-2005)
• , cardiologist (1930-2009)
• , translator (1942-1994)
• , cardiologist (1918-1984)
• , songwriter (1930-1999)
• , actress (1891-1967)

E[]

• , actor, director (1953-1994)
• Willem Endstra, business person (1953-2004)
• , composer, lawyer (1903-1950)
• , journalist (1958-1994)
• Gertie Evenhuis, writer (1927-2005)
• Elisabeth Eybers, poet (1915-2007)
• Matthieu van Eysden, actor (1896-1970)
• , actor (1892-1940)

F[]

• Ina van Faassen, actress (1928-2011)
• Bobby Farrell, singer (1949-2010)
• Hans Faverey, poet (1933-1990)
• , opera singer (1921-1992)
• , pediatrician (1911-1991)
• , photographer (1901-1996)
• , writer (1938-2003)
• Géza Frid, pianist (1904-1989)

G[]

• Seth Gaaikema, cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist (1939-2014)
• Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, politician (1911-1997)
• , journalist (1907-1972)
• , preacher (1879-1960)
• , publisher (1937-1994)
• , artist (1954-1999)
• , sculptor (1941-2006)
• , journalist (1945-2002)
• , fashion designer (1932-1997)
• , actor (1883-1951)
• Gerhard von Graevenitz, artist (1934-1983)
• , architect (1818-1899)
• Annemarie Grewel, politician (1935-1998)
• , journalist (1937-1989)
• Robert Jasper Grootveld, artist (1932-2009)

H[]

• , cabaret artist (1939-1984)
• , cabaret artist, writer (1895-1965)
• Albert Hanken, mathematician, inventor, and Emeritus Professor (1926-2016)
• , doctor, philanthropist (1837-1892)
• , linguist, preacher, writer, poet (1812-1896)
• Heere Heeresma, writer (1932-2011)
• Herman Heijermans, dramatist (1864-1924)
• Gerard Adriaan Heineken, founder of Heineken (1841-1893)
• , beer brewer (1886-1971)
• , film producer(1950-2008)
• , theologian (1929-1999)
• , artist (1944-1995)
• , motorcycle racer (1889-1948)
• , business person (1916-2007)
• , actor (1941-2008)
• , actress (1892-1990)
• , race car driver (1931-2005)
• , author, biologist (1927-1987)
• , revue artist (1912-2002)
• , artist (1902-1999)
• Greet Hofmans, mystic (1894-1968)
• , publisher (1870-1944)
• , writer (1915-1995)
• , actor, director (1862-1917)
• , stage actor and director (1868-1942)
• , stage actress(1871-1928)
• , actress, writer (1866-1963)
• Bart van Hove, sculptor (1850-1914)
• , photographer (1924-2002)
• Bart Huges, researcher (1934-2004)
• Hellen Huisman, actress (1937-2012)
• , sculptor, painter (1915-2008)

I[]

• , actress (1886-1971), removed

J[]

• , writer (1963-2008)
• Hans Jansen, scholar of contemporary Islam, author and politician (1942-2015)
• , writer (1906-1955)
• Loe de Jong, historian (1914-2005)
• , actor (1927-1996)
• (1899-1980), politician

K[]

• , opera singer(1920-1963)
• , actor (1897-1976)
• , revue-artiest (1909-2005)
• , journalist (1848-1898)
• Antonie Kamerling, actor, singer (1966-2010)
• Martin Kaye, graphic designer (1932-1989)
• Frans Kellendonk, writer (1951-1990)
• Johan van der Keuken, photographer, documentary film maker (1938-2001)
• , composer, violist, viola d'amore player (1890-1944)
• , industrial designer, architect (1927-1975)
• Michel de Klerk, architect, furniture designer (1884-1923)
• , radio journalist, chairman VPRO (1921-2001)
• , singer (1910-1961)
• , artist, writer (1930-1991)
• , theologian (1903-1968)
• , theologian (1905-1945)
• Hendrik Koot, collaborator (1898-1941), removed
• Alfred Kossmann, writer (1922-1998)
• A.W. Krasnapolsky, hotelier (1834-1912)
• , actor (1854-1933)
• Hildo Krop, sculptor (1884-1970)
• , writer (1947-2008)
• , architect Amsterdam School (1884-1935)
• Jan Kuiper, journalist (1942-1982)

L[]

• , cartoonist (YRRAH) (1932-1996)
• , political scientist (1923-1984)
• Guillaume Landré, composer, lawyer (1905-1968)
• Joep Lange, clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy (1954-2014), victim of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
• , business person (1952-1994)
• , business person (1914-1993)^[1]
• Isidor Lateiner, violinist (1930-2005)
• Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor, composer and pianist (1938-2020)
• , actor (1922-1997)
• , violinist (1883-1972)
• , actress (1901-1997)
• , poet, writer (1909-2002)
• Wim van der Linden, TV producer, photographer (1941-2001)
• , singer (1965-2008)
• , circus performer and director (1966-1996)

M[]

• , singer, songwriter (1913-1979), removed
• , artist, theatremaker, founder of Theatre Maska i Pokret (1956-2019)
• , actress (1898-1965)
• Cissy van Marxveldt, writer (1898-1948)
• , actress (1885-1959)
• , film producer(1935-2003)
• Ischa Meijer, columnist (1943-1995)
• Doeschka Meijsing, writer (1947-2012)
• Erik Menkveld, writer and poet (1959-2014)
• Hans van Mierlo, politician (1931-2010)
• , actor (1916-1998)
• , composer, pianist (1957-2000)
• Frans Molenaar, fashion designer (1940-2015)
• , theologian (1915-1994)
• , singer (1926-1993)
• Hendrik Mulderije, politician (1896-1970)
• Harry Mulisch, writer (1927-2010)
• Piet Muijselaar, musical comedy performer (1899-1978)

N[]

• , artist (1940-2005)
• Constant Nieuwenhuys, painter with Cobra (1920-2005)
• , founder Volkstoneel (1888-1962)
• , actress (1919-1979)
• , actress (1893-1976)
• , writer, journalist (1899-1971)

O[]

• Wubbo Ockels, physicist and astronaut (1946-2014)
• Jeroen Oerlemans, photographer and war correspondent (1970-2016)
• Piet Ooms, swimmer (1884-1961)
• , lieutenant-general (1857-1928)
• , resistance hero (1898-1946)
• , singer (1854-1926)

P[]

• Schelto Patijn, politician (1936-2007)
• , singer (1861-1942)
• , lawyer, writer (1888-1966)
• , actress (1893-1984), removed
• , journalist (1933-1973)
• Willem Pijper, composer (1894-1947)
• , actress (1916-2008)
• , writer (1945-1994)
• Ben Polak, doctor, politician (1913-1993)
• , actor (1912-1992)
• Peter Post, cyclist and directeur sportif (1933-2011)
• , painter (1930-1995)
• Jaap van Praag, chairman AFC Ajax (1910-1987)
• , drummer (1924-2003)
• , philosopher (1963 - 2010)

Q[]

• Israël Querido, writer (1872-1932)

R[]

• Roef Ragas, actor (1965-2007)
• , actor, director (1947-1991)
• , writer, translator (1914-2002)
• , actor (1905-1987)
• , dentist, musician, artist (1923-1978)
• , actress, violinist (1890-1973), removed
• , actor (1865-1942), removed
• Herman Renz, circus director (1967-1996)
• , theologian (1910-1981)
• , painter (1931-2005)
• Johannis de Rijke, engineer (1843-1913)
• , politician (D'66) (1941-2015)
• , mathematician (1927-2006)
• Piet Römer, actor (1928-2012)
• Julius Röntgen, composer (1855-1932)
• , singer, TV producer (1921-2001)
• , banker (1828-1909)
• , linguist (1896-1967)
• , artist (1938-2008)
• Renate Rubinstein, writer, journalist (1929-1990)
• , actress (1925-2008)
• , jazz musician (1926-1994)

S[]

• , film director (1941-2006)
• , graphic designer (1910-1996)
• Piet Salomons, water polo player (1924-1948), removed
• Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen, director (1957-2005)
• , artist (1925-1999)
• Jan Schaefer, politician (1940-1994)
• , pianist, composer (1873-1931)
• , TV producer (1923-1999)
• , actress (1938-1981)
• Peter Schat, composer (1935-2003)
• Arthur van Schendel, writer (1874-1946)
• , hotelier of Hotel Schiller and painter (1886-1971)
• Annie M.G. Schmidt, writer (1911-1995)
• Wim Schokking, politician (1900-1960)
• , singer (1902-1983)
• , antiquarian (1927-2007)
• Ramses Shaffy, singer, actor (1933-2009)
• , architect (1907-1989)
• , TV news anchor (1962-2010)
• , painter (1900-1990)
• , theater producer (1907-1978)
• , actress (1920-2007)
• , journalist (1946-1992)
• , founder of De Appel (1939-1983)
• , journalist, writer, chief editor of Vrij Nederland (1913-1996)
• , singer (1932-2010)
• Joke Smit, feminist (1933-1981)
• , artist (1952-2008)
• Hans Snoek, founder of (1910-2001)
• , pilot of The Pelican (1903-1935)
• , actress (1914-2005)
• , KLM pilot (1919-1947)
• , film maker (1943-2001)
• Willy Stähle, water skier (1954-2015)
• , journalist (1951-1992)
• , printer (1946-2001)
• , president of FC Amsterdam (1919-2007)
• Coba Surie, painter (1879-1970)
• , feminist (1912-1995)
• , painter (1898-1994)
• , composer (1939-1963)

T[]

• , composer, saxophone player (1952-2003)
• , actor
• Gerard Thoolen, actor (1943-1996)
• , composer (1870-1938)
• , sailor (1839-1921)
• , journalist (1938-1997)
• , actor (1943-2005)
• , actor (1880-1939)

U[]

• , screenwriter (1956-2007)
• , writer (1881-1966)

V[]

• M. Vasalis, poet (1909-1998)
• , writer (1941-1993)
• Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (1887-1966)
• , director (1948-2008)
• , actor (1959-1996)
• , actress (1923-2011)
• , poet (1917-1994)
• Gerrit Versteeg, architect (1871-1938)
• , artist (1929-1986)
• , race driver (1938-1988)
• , actor (1891-1966)
• , artist (1960-1992)
• , poet (1918-1992)
• Hans Vonk, conductor (1942-2004)
• , actor (1922-2011)
• , actor (1923-1991)
• , artist (1936-2008)
• , television pioneer (1912-2004)
• Henri de Vries, actor (1864-1949)
• , actress (1873-1961)
• , actress (1839-1892)
• Gerard de Vries Lentsch, ship builder(1916-1996)
• Victor E. van Vriesland, poet (1892-1974)
• Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, actor (1950-1997)

W[]

•  [nl], scientist (1873-1971)
• , typographer, union leader (1873-1937)
• Jan Waterink, psychologist (1890-1966)
• , poet (1891-1958)
• , photographer (1942-2011)
• , writer, behavioral scientist (1948-2001)
• , writer (1951-1995)
• , sculptor (1901-1984)
• , scenic designer, painter (1927-2002)
• , visual artist (1890-1929)
• , artist (1856-1939)
• , pilot of the Ooievaar (1898-1931)
• , painter (1918-2006)
• , actor (1910-2000)
• Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller, painter (1855-1925)
• , journalist (1937-1982)
• Carel Willink, painter (1900-1983)
• , poet (1927-2004)
• , journalist, writer (1924-1992), removed
• Henk van Woerden, writer, painter (1947-2005)

Z[]

• , actor (1911-1999)
• Bram Zeegers, lawyer (1949-2007)
• , founder Zonnestraal (1863-1958)

Photos[]

• 

  Vadermonument

• 

  Kinderhofje

• 

  Boeddha

• 

  Urnengraven

• 

  "Paradiso"

• 

  Mythologische beelden bij "De Traen"

• 

  Oscar Carré 1891 mausoleum (Rijksmonument)

• 

  P.W. Janssen 1906 monument (Rijksmonument)

References[]

• Zorgvlied De geschiedenis van een begraafplaats. Red. Carel Berenschot en Paul Spies. D'Arts, Amsterdam. ISBN 90 400 9787 9
• Begraafplaatsen van Amsterdam. M. de Roever & J. Bierenbroodspot. Bas Lubberhuizen, Amsterdam, 2004. ISBN 90-5937-014-7
• Wandelen over Zorgvlied. Irma Clement en Marcel Bergen. Klapwijk en Keijsers Uitgevers. ISBN 978 94 90 21 707 5

External links[]

• Official website

Coordinates: 52°20′8″N 4°54′1″E / 52.33556°N 4.90028°E / 52.33556; 4.90028

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