Frankfurt Main Cemetery

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

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).

A

Wolfgang Abendroth (1906–1985), jurist
Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), educator
Franz Adickes (1846–1915), Mayor of Frankfurt 1890–1912
Justinian von Adlerflycht (1761–1831), jurist and politician
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), philosopher
Wilhelm Altheim (1871–1914), painter
Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), physician
Alois Ammerschläger (1913–1995), businessman
Rudi Arndt (1927–2004), Mayor of Frankfurt 1972–1977
Hans von Auerswald (1792–1848), General and politician, E243

B

Bertha Bagge (1859–1939), painter, J 61
Karl Ballenberger (1801–1860) painter, F 47
Anne Bärenz (1950–2005), jazz musician V 774
August de Bary (1874–1954), physician, D
Albrecht Becker (1840–1911), architect, J 120
Jakob Becker (1810–1872), painter, F 143
Peter Becker (1828–1904), painter, F 1889
Wilhelm Amandus Beer (1837–1907), painter C 260
Johann Adam Beil (1790–1852), senator and founder of the cemetery, C7
Maria Belli-Gontard (1788–1883), author, Gruft 43
Matthias Beltz (1945–2002), musician, XIII GG48
Willy Berking (1910–1979), composer, Gedenkstätte E an der Mauer 339a
Family von Bethmann, bankers B an der Mauer 362 + 400
Ernst Beutler (1885–1960), literature, scholar, C214a
Conrad Binding (1846–1933), founder of the Binding-Brauerei, F 816–817
Friedrich Landolin Karl Freiherr von Blittersdorf (1792–1861), Baden politician and diplomat, an der Mauer 106
Jakob Hermann Bockenheimer (1837–1908), surgeon, E an der Mauer 539a
Fritz Boehle (1873–1916), painter and sculptor, X II 1
Johann Friedrich Böhmer (1795–1863), historian, A 239
Family Bolongaro, businessmen, an der Mauer 432
Friedrich Bothe (1869–1952), historian, IV 171
Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), chemist, J 751a
Otto Brenner (1907–1972), businessman, E 1479b
Antonie Brentano (1780–1869) and spouse Franz Brentano (1765–1844), merchant, Gruft 48
Willi Brundert (1912–1970), Mayor of Frankfurt 1964–1970, II 204a
Adolf von Brüning (1837–1884), founder of Hoechst AG, J an der Mauer 606–609
Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901–1989), publisher, F 1908
Carl Peter Burnitz (1824–1886), painter, E 724
Rudolf Burnitz (1789–1849), architect, An der Mauer 516
Rudolf Heinrich Burnitz (1827–1880), architect, An der Mauer 516

C–D

Liesel Christ (1919–1996), actress, J 296
Emil Claar (1847–1930), theatre director, I 183
Hermine Claar-Delia (1848–1908), actress, I 183
Philipp Otto Cornil (1824–1907), painter and art historian, D 12
Sophie Cossaeus (1893–1965), actress, F 1459
Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845), physician and founder of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, D 244/45
Hermann Dechent (1850–1935), priest, A 282
Franz Karl Delavilla (1884–1967), graphic artist, I 1354
Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (1809–1885), painter, J 548
Fritz Dietz (1909–1984), merchant, an der Mauer 410a

E–F

Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918), physician, II GG 21
Anna Edinger (1863–1929), women's rights activist, II GG 21
Tilly Edinger (1897–1967), paleontologist, II GG 21
August Euler (1868–1957), minister of aviation, IV 120
Louis Eysen (1843–1899), painter, an der Mauer 555a
Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (1780–1857), jurist, General and military painter, D 86
Karl Konstanz Viktor Fellner (1817–1866), Mayor of Frankfurt, D an der Mauer 164
Anselm von Feuerbach (1775–1833), jurist, C an der Mauer 105
Johann Karl von Fichard (1773–1829), historian, C a.d.Mauer 79
Karl Flesch (1853–1915), politician E 47a
Berthold Freudenthal (1873–1929), jurist V 74a
Leo Frobenius (1873–1938), Africa researcher, C 424

G–H

Mausoleum Gans, built 1909 for Friedrich Ludwig von Gans IV
Leo Gans (1843–1935), businessman, III GG 9
Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943), opera singer, II 34
Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006), author, A 1103
Hermann Goepfert(1926–1982), painter, XIII 361
Georg Goltermann (1824–1898), composer, D an der Mauer 153
Familie Gontard, B Gruft 44
Karl Graebe (1841–1927), chemist, D 75
Günther Groenhoff (1908–1932), XIV 219b
Georg Friedrich von Guaita (1772–1851), Mayor of Frankfurt, C 8
Karl Gutzkow (1811–1878), author, D 272a
Philipp Friedrich Gwinner (1796–1868), Mayor of Frankfurt, B an der Mauer 399
Adolf Haeuser (1857–1938), industrialist, II 192
Ferdinand Happ (1868–1952), poet, A 159a
Eduard Ludwig von Harnier (1800–1868), Mayor of Frankfurt, E an der Mauer 359a
Georg Hartmann (1870–1954), businessman, II 34
Hans Hartz (1943–2002), songwriter, XIV 9
Samuel Friedrich Hassel (1798–1876), singer and actor, A 24
Heinrich Hasselhorst (1825–1904), painter, F 1820
Eva Heller (1948–2008), author
Philipp Helfmann (1843–1909), businessman, E 774
Johann Friedrich Christian Hess (1785–1845), architect, D 457
Friedrich Hessemer (1800–1860), architect, F II
Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994), composer G 540
Karl Heussenstamm (1835–1913), Mayor of Frankfurt, G 428
Carl Heinrich Georg von Heyden (1793–1866), Mayor of Frankfurt, D 216 an der Mauer
Wilhelm Hill (1838–1902), composer, E 131
Joseph Hoch (1815–1874), lawyer and founder of the Hoch Conservatory, Gruft 39
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894), author (Struwwelpeter), G an der Mauer 541
Wilhelm Hollbach (1893–1962), Mayor of Frankfurt, I 1118
Adolph von Holzhausen (1866–1923), F an der Mauer 184
Anton Ulrich von Holzhausen (1754–1832), Mayor of Frankfurt, F an der Mauer 137
Heinrich Holzmann (1879–1962), businessman, II GG3
Johann Philipp Holzmann (1805–1870), businessman, F 568
Arthur Hübscher (1897–1985), author and chairman of the Schopenhauer Society, A 24a (next to Arthur Schopenhauer)
Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), author, II 204
Wilhelm Friedrich Hufnagel (1754–1830), theologian, C Reihe 12/37

I–L

Johannes Janssen (1829–1891), historian, E 562
Wilhelm Jordan (1819–1904), author, F 946
Rudolf Jung (1859–1922), historian, G 1500
Heinz-Herbert Karry (1920–1981), politician, XIV 202
Anton Kirchner (1779–1835), historian, D 60
Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), political activist, I 242
Heinrich Kleyer (1853–1932), businessman, II 191
Ferdinand Karl Klimsch (1812–1890), painter, V 428
Karl Ferdinand Klimsch (1841–1926), painter, V 428
Walter Kolb (1902–1956), Mayor of Frankfurt A 55a
Friedrich Krebs (1894–1961), Mayor of Frankfurt, XII 646
Georg Ludwig Kriegk (1805–1878), historian, E 93
Armin K.W. Kutzsche (1914–1995), physician, C
Ludwig Landmann (1868–1945), Mayor of Frankfurt, A 290
Jakob Latscha (1849–1912), businessman, J 463a
Familie Julius Lejeune, B 106
Theodor Lerner (1866–1931), journalist, A 47
Felix Maria Vincenz Andreas Fürst von Lichnowsky (1814–1848), politician, E 243 (memorial)
Bruno Liebrucks (1911–1986), philosopher, IV 207
Alexander Linnemann (1839–1902), architect, F 1356
Rose Livingston (1860–1914), philanthropist, F an der Mauer 460b
Eugen Lucius (1834–1903), chemist, F 2046, 2047
Carl Luley (1887–1966), actor, XIII 618

M–N

Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), physicist, A 609
Charlotte Mahler (1894–1973), surgeon, II GG 31
Ernst Majer-Leonhard (1889–1966), school leader, E
Carl Malß (1792–1848), poet, A Reihe 94/98
Albert Mangelsdorff (1928–2005), jazz musician, XV 31
Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf (1869–1928), wine merchant, D 294
Edwin von Manteuffel (1809–1885), General, Altes Portal (memorial)
Ernst May (1886–1970), architect, A 274
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meister (1827–1895), industrialist, an der Mauer 450
Cécile Charlotte Sophie Mendelssohn Bartholdy née Jeanrenaud (1817–1851), wife of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, E 172
Richard Merton [de] (1881–1960), industrialist and philanthropist, II GG 10, 11
Wilhelm Merton (1848–1916), Industrialist, II GG 10,11
Albert von Metzler (1839–1918), banker, C 88
Johann Friedrich von Meyer (1772–1849), senator, an der Mauer D 176
Johannes von Miquel (1828–1901), Mayor of Frankfurt, D 297
Alexander Mitscherlich (1908–1982), author, J 1049
Margarete Mitscherlich (1917–2012), physician, J 1049
Franz Joseph Molitor (1779–1860), author, F 250
Walter Möller (1920–1971), Mayor of Frankfurt, II 202c
Tycho Mommsen (1819–1900), philologist, F 1608
Carl Morgenstern (1811–1893), painter F 864
Johann Friedrich Morgenstern (1777–1844), painter, A 101
Johann Georg Mouson (1812–1894), businessman, V 163
Victor Müller (1830–1871), painter, an der Mauer 542a
Daniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1818–1890), Mayor of Frankfurt, A 84
Ernst Franz August Münzenberger (1833–1890), art collector, B 141
Carl Friedrich Mylius [de] (1827–1916), photographer, C Gruft 24
Karl Jonas Mylius (1839–1883), architect, C Gruft 24
Josef Neckermann (1912–1992), B an der Mauer 380–81
Christian Ernst Neeff (1782–1849), physician, an der Mauer 62
Ludwig von Neher (1850–1916), architect, II GG 69
Peter von Oubril (1774–1848), Russian diplomat, Gruft 13

P–R

Alfons Paquet (1881–1944), journalist, A 276a
Marie Paquet-Steinhausen (1881–1958), painter A 276a
Johann David Passavant (1787–1861), art historian F 589
Theodor Petersen (1836–1918), chemist, A 61
Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832–1913), American General, C Gruft 30
Max Quarck (1860–1930), politician, E 743
Meta Quarck-Hammerschlag (1864–1954), politician, E 743
Joseph Joachim Raff (1822–1882), Swiss composer, D 298
Ludwig Rehn (1849–1930), surgeon, V 143
Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013), literature critic, XIV 34 UG
Teofila Reich-Ranicki (1920–2011), artist, XIV 34 UG
Countess Emilie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz née Ortlepp (1791–1843), wife of the Elector of Hesse, Mausoleum, F 1
Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820–1893), painter, G 372
Ferdinand Ries (1784–1837), composer and student of Beethoven
Sebastian Rinz (1782–1861), C 155
Friedrich Roessler (1813–1883), an der Mauer 444
Ludwig Rottenberg (1864–1932), composer, II GG29
Friedrich Rumpf (1795–1867), architect, an der Mauer 269a
Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884), African researcher, F 155a

S

Gottfried Scharff (1782–1855), merchant and Mayor of Frankfurt, B an der Mauer 330
Friedrich Schierholz (1840–1894), sculptor, J 634 Plan Nr.158
Adolf Schindling (1887–1963), senator, III
Dorothea Schlegel née Mendelssohn (1763–1839), author, B 180
Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804–1881), botanist, J 751b
Peter Schmick (1833–1899), architect, an der Mauer 465a
Johann Friedrich Moritz Schmidt-Metzler (1838–1907), physician, C 90
Pauline Schmidt (1840–1856), C 148
Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1797–1869), sculptor, an der Mauer 398a
Victor Schmieden (1874–1945), surgeon XIV 33
Otto Scholderer (1834–1902), painter F 185a
Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853–1928), XIV 403
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher, A 24
Norbert Schrödl (1842–1912), painter, I 531
Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring (1755–1830), anatomist, an der Mauer 178
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (1901–1986), politician, II 268
Johann Baptist von Schweitzer (1833–1875), politician, Gruft 32
Hermann Senf (1878–1979), architect, VII 231a
Lutz Sikorski (1950–2011), politician, D 550
Albert Steigenberger (1889–1958), IV 125
Wilhelm Steinhausen (1846–1924), painter, E 577a
David Stempel (1869–1927), II 220
Adolf Stoltze (1842–1933), poet, II GG 23
Friedrich Stoltze (1816–1891), journalist, J 306,
Ignatz Stroof (1838–1920), chemist, I 212
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886–1944), General, an der Mauer 402b (memorial)

T–Z

Alfred Teves and family, businessman, II 135
Gustav Treupel (1867–1926), physician, V
Abisag Tüllmann (1935–1996), photographer, F 1763
Siegfried Unseld (1924–2002), publisher, II 203
Franz Volhard (1872–1950), physician, V 311
Friedrich Karl Waechter (1937–2005), cartoonist, J 1066
Walter Wallmann (1932–2013), Mayor of Frankfurt, XIV, 32
Beda Weber (1798–1858), German Benedictine professor, author, and member of the Frankfurt Parliament, B 141, 142
Arthur von Weinberg (1860–1943), businessman, II GG 29, 29a, 30
Marianne von Willemer (1784–1860), Goethe's love interest, D 261
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873), painter, C 123/124
Johann Georg August Wirth (1798–1848), author, A 98–88
Paul Wolff (1887–1951), physician, II GG 17a
Julius Ziehen (1864–1925), educator D 228
Johann Nepomuk Zwerger (1796–1868), sculptor D 256

References

^ Zum Gedenken – Grab- und Denkmäler in Frankfurt am Main Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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.

External links

Media related to Hauptfriedhof (Frankfurt am Main) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Frankfurt Main Cemetery at Find a Grave

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