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Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Coordinates: 50°04′52″N 8°24′38″E / 50.08099°N 08.41055°E / 50.08099; 08.41055
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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

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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

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The references are to the graves' locations (Gewann unless otherwise noted).

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B

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C–D

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E–F

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G–H

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I–L

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M–N

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P–R

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S

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T–Z

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References

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Literature

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  • 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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