Frankfurt Main Cemetery

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 (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. 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), sindicalist, 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 (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 (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), French Nobleman, Last surviving Confederate Major General, French Brigadier General, Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur, 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 Further reading 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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