Cemetery in Cologne, Germany
Plan of Melaten The cemetery's oldest chapel Melaten is the central cemetery of Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , which was first mentioned in 1243. It was developed to a large park, holding the graves of notable residents.
Name
The name "Melaten" refers to a hospital for the sick and lepers from the 12th century. The "hoff to Malaten " (modern German: Hof der Maladenmalades [ 1]
Location
Melaten is in the north of the municipal district of Lindenthal .[ 2] Aachener Straße (Köln) , in the east Piusstraße, in the west Oskar-Jäger-Straße and the Melatengürtel, and in the north Weinsbergstraße. The 435,000-square-metre cemetery had 55,540 graves in 2008, and is the largest cemetery in the city.
History
Melaten is located approximately one kilometre west of the city district of Cologne, just beyond the Bischofsweg (Köln) , the historical boundary between the territory of the city and that of the archbishop . The hospital therefore fell under the jurisdiction of the archbishop, and was in spiritual hands.
Wooden cross bearing only the inscription "Du" (You) on the children's graves field of Melaten Cemetery; disappeared by now
Burials
Grave of Wolfgang Anheisser Grave stones of Wallraf and Richartz Notable burials on Melaten include:
Wilhelm Albermann (1835–1913), sculptorWolfgang Anheisser (1929–1974), baritoneJohannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927), artistDirk Bach (1961–2012), actor, TV-presenterWilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969), pianistErika Berger (1939–2016), authorWilly Birgel (1891–1973), actorHans Böckler (1875–1951), politician and trade union leaderFritz Burgbacher (1900–1978), politicianClaus Hinrich Casdorff (1925–2004), journalistHolger Czukay (1938–2017), avantgarde musicianWilhelm Ludwig Deichmann (1798–1876), bankerNevio De Zordo (1943–2014), Italian bobsledderde:Joseph DuMont (1811–1861), newspaper publisherde:Marcus DuMont (1784–1831), founder of de:Kölnische Zeitung Margot Eskens , singer, corridor Y (26).[ 3] Jean Marie Farina (1809–1880), producer of Eau de Cologne Johann Maria Farina (1685–1766), founder of Eau de Cologne Ludwig Gies (1887–1966), sculptorRobert Görlinger (1888–1954), mayor 1948 to 1949Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), physicianHermann Grüneberg (1827–1894), chemistAlice Guszalewicz (1866–1940), opera singerJosef Haubrich (1889–1961), jurist, patron of the artsFerdinand Hiller (1811–1885), composerAndreas Hillgruber (1925–1989), historianIstván Kertész (1929–1973), conductorIrmgard Keun (1905–1982), novelistKarel Krautgartner (1922–1982), jazz musicianHildegard Krekel (1952–2013), actressEugen Langen (1833–1895), engineerJaki Liebezeit (1938–2017), drummerWilhelm Marx (1863–1946), chancellorGeorg Meistermann (1911–1990), artistGustav von Mevissen (1815–1899), entrepreneurLucy Millowitsch (1905–1990), actressWilly Millowitsch (1909–1999), actorWilhelm Mülhens (1762–1841), merchantWolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873), poetErnst Wilhelm Nay (1902–1968), artistAlfred Nourney (1892–1972), Titanic survivorAlfred Freiherr von Oppenheim (1934–2005), bankerNicolaus August Otto (1832–1891), inventor of the engine named after himGunther Philipp (1918–2003), actor (Lit. D)Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter and photographer (Lit. D Nr. 28)Anton Räderscheidt (1892–1970), painterAugust Reichensperger (1808–1895), Jurist, politician and patron of the Cologne Cathedral Heinrich Reissdorf , brewery ownerFritz Rémond Jr. (1902–1976), actor and theatre managerJohann Heinrich Richartz (1796–1861), founder of Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Albert Richter (1912–1940), cyclistWilhelm Riphahn (1889–1963), architectAugust Sander (1876–1964), photographerElisabeth Scherer (1914–2013), actressBernard Schultze (1915–2005), painterHelma Seitz (1913–1995), actressVincenz Statz (1819–1898), architect and sculptorRolf Stommelen (1943–1983), racing driverJón Sveinsson (1857–1944), authorChristine Teusch (1888–1968), politicianGisela Uhlen (1919–2007), actressOswald Mathias Ungers (1926–2007), architectFerdinand Franz Wallraf (1748–1824), see Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), politicianJohann Peter Weyer (1794–1864), StadtbaumeisterErwin Wickert (1915–2008), diplomat and authorLeopold von Wiese (1876–1969), sociologistHans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), politicianHermann Wissmann (1853–1905), governor of Deutsch-Ostafrika Otto Wolff (1881–1940), industrialistOtto Wolff von Amerongen (1918–2007), entrepreneurErnst Friedrich Zwirner (1802–1861), architect, DombaumeisterHelmut Martin (1940–1999), sinologist
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