Frankfurt Main Cemetery
Largest cemetery in Frankfurt, Germany
50°04′52″N 8°24′38″E / 50.08099°N 08.41055°E / 50.08099; 08.41055
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 New Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt [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).
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Wolfgang Abendroth (1906–1985), juristWilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), educatorFranz Adickes (1846–1915), Mayor of Frankfurt 1890–1912Justinian von Adlerflycht (1761–1831), jurist and politicianTheodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), philosopherWilhelm Altheim (1871–1914), painterAlois Alzheimer (1864–1915), physicianAlois Ammerschläger (1913–1995), businessmanRudi Arndt (1927–2004), Mayor of Frankfurt 1972–1977Hans von Auerswald (1792–1848), General and politician, E243
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Bertha Bagge (1859–1939), painter, J 61Karl Ballenberger (1801–1860) painter, F 47Anne Bärenz (1950–2005), jazz musician V 774August de Bary (1874–1954), physician, DAlbrecht Becker (1840–1911), architect, J 120Jakob Becker (1810–1872), painter, F 143Peter Becker (1828–1904), painter, F 1889Wilhelm Amandus Beer (1837–1907), painter C 260Johann Adam Beil (1790–1852), senator and founder of the cemetery, C7Maria Belli-Gontard (1788–1883), author, Gruft 43Matthias Beltz (1945–2002), musician, XIII GG48Willy Berking (1910–1979), composer, Gedenkstätte E an der Mauer 339aFamily von Bethmann, bankers B an der Mauer 362 + 400
Ernst Beutler (1885–1960), literature, scholar, C214aConrad Binding (1846–1933), founder of the Binding-Brauerei , F 816–817Friedrich Landolin Karl Freiherr von Blittersdorf (1792–1861), Baden politician and diplomat, an der Mauer 106Jakob Hermann Bockenheimer (1837–1908), surgeon, E an der Mauer 539aFritz Boehle (1873–1916), painter and sculptor, X II 1Johann Friedrich Böhmer (1795–1863), historian, A 239Family Bolongaro , businessmen, an der Mauer 432
Friedrich Bothe (1869–1952), historian, IV 171Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), chemist, J 751aOtto Brenner (1907–1972), businessman, E 1479bAntonie Brentano (1780–1869) and spouse Franz Brentano (1765–1844), merchant, Gruft 48Willi Brundert (1912–1970), Mayor of Frankfurt 1964–1970, II 204aAdolf von Brüning (1837–1884), founder of Hoechst AG , J an der Mauer 606–609Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901–1989), publisher, F 1908Carl Peter Burnitz (1824–1886), painter, E 724Rudolf Burnitz (1789–1849), architect, An der Mauer 516Rudolf Heinrich Burnitz (1827–1880), architect, An der Mauer 516
Liesel Christ (1919–1996), actress, J 296Emil Claar (1847–1930), theatre director, I 183Hermine Claar-Delia (1848–1908), actress, I 183Philipp Otto Cornil (1824–1907), painter and art historian, D 12Sophie Cossaeus (1893–1965), actress, F 1459Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845), physician and founder of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung , D 244/45Hermann Dechent (1850–1935), priest, A 282Franz Karl Delavilla (1884–1967), graphic artist, I 1354Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (1809–1885), painter, J 548Fritz Dietz (1909–1984), merchant, an der Mauer 410a
Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918), physician, II GG 21Anna Edinger (1863–1929), women's rights activist, II GG 21Tilly Edinger (1897–1967), paleontologist, II GG 21August Euler (1868–1957), minister of aviation, IV 120Louis Eysen (1843–1899), painter, an der Mauer 555aChristian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (1780–1857), jurist, General and military painter, D 86Karl Konstanz Viktor Fellner (1817–1866), Mayor of Frankfurt, D an der Mauer 164Anselm von Feuerbach (1775–1833), jurist, C an der Mauer 105Johann Karl von Fichard (1773–1829), historian, C a.d.Mauer 79Karl Flesch (1853–1915), politician E 47aBerthold Freudenthal (1873–1929), jurist V 74aLeo Frobenius (1873–1938), Africa researcher, C 424
Mausoleum Gans, built 1909 for Friedrich Ludwig von Gans IV
Leo Gans (1843–1935), businessman, III GG 9Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943), opera singer, II 34Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006), author, A 1103Hermann Goepfert (1926–1982), painter, XIII 361Georg Goltermann (1824–1898), composer, D an der Mauer 153Familie Gontard , B Gruft 44
Karl Graebe (1841–1927), chemist, D 75Günther Groenhoff (1908–1932), XIV 219bGeorg Friedrich von Guaita (1772–1851), Mayor of Frankfurt, C 8Karl Gutzkow (1811–1878), author, D 272aPhilipp Friedrich Gwinner (1796–1868), Mayor of Frankfurt, B an der Mauer 399Adolf Haeuser (1857–1938), industrialist, II 192Ferdinand Happ (1868–1952), poet, A 159aEduard Ludwig von Harnier (1800–1868), Mayor of Frankfurt, E an der Mauer 359aGeorg Hartmann (1870–1954), businessman, II 34
Hans Hartz (1943–2002), songwriter, XIV 9Samuel Friedrich Hassel (1798–1876), singer and actor, A 24Heinrich Hasselhorst (1825–1904), painter, F 1820Eva Heller (1948–2008), authorPhilipp Helfmann (1843–1909), businessman, E 774Johann Friedrich Christian Hess (1785–1845), architect, D 457Friedrich Hessemer (1800–1860), architect, F IIKurt Hessenberg (1908–1994), composer G 540Karl Heussenstamm (1835–1913), Mayor of Frankfurt, G 428Carl Heinrich Georg von Heyden (1793–1866), Mayor of Frankfurt, D 216 an der MauerWilhelm Hill (1838–1902), composer, E 131Joseph Hoch (1815–1874), lawyer and founder of the Hoch Conservatory , Gruft 39Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894), author (Struwwelpeter Wilhelm Hollbach (1893–1962), Mayor of Frankfurt, I 1118Adolph von Holzhausen (1866–1923), F an der Mauer 184Anton Ulrich von Holzhausen (1754–1832), Mayor of Frankfurt, F an der Mauer 137Heinrich Holzmann (1879–1962), businessman, II GG3Johann Philipp Holzmann (1805–1870), businessman, F 568Arthur Hübscher (1897–1985), author and chairman of the Schopenhauer Society, A 24a (next to Arthur Schopenhauer )Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), author, II 204Wilhelm Friedrich Hufnagel (1754–1830), theologian, C Reihe 12/37
Johannes Janssen (1829–1891), historian, E 562Wilhelm Jordan (1819–1904), author, F 946Rudolf Jung (1859–1922), historian, G 1500Heinz-Herbert Karry (1920–1981), politician, XIV 202Anton Kirchner (1779–1835), historian, D 60Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), political activist, I 242Heinrich Kleyer (1853–1932), businessman, II 191Ferdinand Karl Klimsch (1812–1890), painter, V 428Karl Ferdinand Klimsch (1841–1926), painter, V 428Walter Kolb (1902–1956), Mayor of Frankfurt A 55aFriedrich Krebs (1894–1961), Mayor of Frankfurt, XII 646Georg Ludwig Kriegk (1805–1878), historian, E 93Armin K.W. Kutzsche (1914–1995), physician, C
Ludwig Landmann (1868–1945), Mayor of Frankfurt, A 290Jakob Latscha (1849–1912), businessman, J 463aFamilie Julius Lejeune, B 106
Theodor Lerner (1866–1931), journalist, A 47Felix Maria Vincenz Andreas Fürst von Lichnowsky (1814–1848), politician, E 243 (memorial)Bruno Liebrucks (1911–1986), philosopher, IV 207Alexander Linnemann (1839–1902), architect, F 1356Rose Livingston (1860–1914), philanthropist, F an der Mauer 460bEugen Lucius (1834–1903), chemist, F 2046, 2047Carl Luley (1887–1966), actor, XIII 618
Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), physicist, A 609Charlotte Mahler (1894–1973), surgeon, II GG 31Ernst Majer-Leonhard (1889–1966), school leader, ECarl Malß (1792–1848), poet, A Reihe 94/98Albert Mangelsdorff (1928–2005), jazz musician, XV 31Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf (1869–1928), wine merchant, D 294Edwin von Manteuffel (1809–1885), General, Altes Portal (memorial)Ernst May (1886–1970), architect, A 274Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meister (1827–1895), industrialist, an der Mauer 450Cécile Charlotte Sophie Mendelssohn Bartholdy née Jeanrenaud (1817–1851), wife of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , E 172Richard Merton [de ] (1881–1960), industrialist and philanthropist, II GG 10, 11Wilhelm Merton (1848–1916), Industrialist, II GG 10,11Albert von Metzler (1839–1918), banker, C 88Johann Friedrich von Meyer (1772–1849), senator, an der Mauer D 176Johannes von Miquel (1828–1901), Mayor of Frankfurt, D 297Alexander Mitscherlich (1908–1982), author, J 1049Margarete Mitscherlich (1917–2012), physician, J 1049Franz Joseph Molitor (1779–1860), author, F 250Walter Möller (1920–1971), Mayor of Frankfurt, II 202cTycho Mommsen (1819–1900), philologist, F 1608Carl Morgenstern (1811–1893), painter F 864Johann Friedrich Morgenstern (1777–1844), painter, A 101Johann Georg Mouson (1812–1894), businessman, V 163Victor Müller (1830–1871), painter, an der Mauer 542aDaniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1818–1890), Mayor of Frankfurt, A 84Ernst Franz August Münzenberger (1833–1890), art collector, B 141Carl Friedrich Mylius [de ] (1827–1916), photographer, C Gruft 24Karl Jonas Mylius (1839–1883), architect, C Gruft 24Josef Neckermann (1912–1992), B an der Mauer 380–81Christian Ernst Neeff (1782–1849), physician, an der Mauer 62Ludwig von Neher (1850–1916), architect, II GG 69Peter von Oubril (1774–1848), Russian diplomat, Gruft 13
Alfons Paquet (1881–1944), journalist, A 276aMarie Paquet-Steinhausen (1881–1958), painter A 276aJohann David Passavant (1787–1861), art historian F 589Theodor Petersen (1836–1918), chemist, A 61Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832–1913), American General, C Gruft 30Max Quarck (1860–1930), politician, E 743Meta Quarck-Hammerschlag (1864–1954), politician, E 743Joseph Joachim Raff (1822–1882), Swiss composer, D 298Ludwig Rehn (1849–1930), surgeon, V 143Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013), literature critic, XIV 34 UGTeofila Reich-Ranicki (1920–2011), artist, XIV 34 UGCountess Emilie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz née Ortlepp (1791–1843), wife of the Elector of Hesse, Mausoleum , F 1
Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820–1893), painter, G 372Ferdinand Ries (1784–1837), composer and student of BeethovenSebastian Rinz (1782–1861), C 155Friedrich Roessler (1813–1883), an der Mauer 444Ludwig Rottenberg (1864–1932), composer, II GG29Friedrich Rumpf (1795–1867), architect, an der Mauer 269aEduard Rüppell (1794–1884), African researcher, F 155a
S
Gottfried Scharff (1782–1855), merchant and Mayor of Frankfurt, B an der Mauer 330Friedrich Schierholz (1840–1894), sculptor, J 634 Plan Nr.158Adolf Schindling (1887–1963), senator, IIIDorothea Schlegel née Mendelssohn (1763–1839), author, B 180Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804–1881), botanist, J 751bPeter Schmick (1833–1899), architect, an der Mauer 465aJohann Friedrich Moritz Schmidt-Metzler (1838–1907), physician, C 90Pauline Schmidt (1840–1856), C 148
Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1797–1869), sculptor, an der Mauer 398aVictor Schmieden (1874–1945), surgeon XIV 33Otto Scholderer (1834–1902), painter F 185aArthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853–1928), XIV 403Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher, A 24Norbert Schrödl (1842–1912), painter, I 531Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring (1755–1830), anatomist, an der Mauer 178Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (1901–1986), politician, II 268Johann Baptist von Schweitzer (1833–1875), politician, Gruft 32Hermann Senf (1878–1979), architect, VII 231aLutz Sikorski (1950–2011), politician, D 550Albert Steigenberger (1889–1958), IV 125Wilhelm Steinhausen (1846–1924), painter, E 577aDavid Stempel (1869–1927), II 220Adolf Stoltze (1842–1933), poet, II GG 23Friedrich Stoltze (1816–1891), journalist, J 306,Ignatz Stroof (1838–1920), chemist, I 212Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886–1944), General, an der Mauer 402b (memorial)
Alfred Teves and family, businessman, II 135Gustav Treupel (1867–1926), physician, VAbisag Tüllmann (1935–1996), photographer, F 1763Siegfried Unseld (1924–2002), publisher, II 203Franz Volhard (1872–1950), physician, V 311Friedrich Karl Waechter (1937–2005), cartoonist, J 1066Walter Wallmann (1932–2013), Mayor of Frankfurt, XIV, 32Beda Weber (1798–1858), German Benedictine professor, author, and member of the Frankfurt Parliament, B 141, 142Arthur von Weinberg (1860–1943), businessman, II GG 29, 29a, 30Marianne von Willemer (1784–1860), Goethe's love interest, D 261Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873), painter, C 123/124Johann Georg August Wirth (1798–1848), author, A 98–88Paul Wolff (1887–1951), physician, II GG 17aJulius Ziehen (1864–1925), educator D 228Johann Nepomuk Zwerger (1796–1868), sculptor D 256
References
Literature
Victor von Brauchitsch, Helga von Brauchitsch: Zum Gedenken – Grabmale in Frankfurt am Main . Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3782903544 .
Peter Braunholz, Britta Boerdner, Christian Setzepfandt: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3797311474 .
Ebba D. Drolshagen: Der melancholische Garten: Ein Spaziergang über den Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof . Heinrich und Hahn, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3865970036 .
Ebba D. Drolshagen: Der melancholische Garten: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof und seine Grabdenkmäler im 19. Jahrhundert . Fricke, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3881840958 .
Bettina Erche: Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof. Supplement-Band zur Denkmaltopographie Stadt Frankfurt am Main . Henrich, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3921606357 .
Friedhofsverwaltung der Stadt Frankfurt am Main – Grünflächenamt – Abteilung Friedhofsangelegenheiten: Der Friedhofswegweiser – Informationen, Hinweise, Standorte, Historie, Anschriften, Inserate . Mammut-Verlag, Leipzig, 2012.
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