Melaten cemetery

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 Maladen, or "yard of the malades") is first mentioned in a 1243 document. Location Melaten is in the north of the municipal district of Lindenthal. It is surrounded by streets, in the south 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. Burials Notable burials on Melaten include: Wilhelm Albermann (1835–1913), sculptor Wolfgang Anheisser (1929–1974), baritone Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927), artist Dirk Bach (1961–2012), actor, TV-presenter Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969), pianist Erika Berger (1939–2016), author Willy Birgel (1891–1973), actor Hans Böckler (1875–1951), politician and trade union leader Fritz Burgbacher (1900–1978), politician Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1925–2004), journalist Holger Czukay (1938–2017), avantgarde musician Wilhelm Ludwig Deichmann (1798–1876), banker Nevio De Zordo (1943–2014), Italian bobsledder de:Joseph DuMont (1811–1861), newspaper publisher de:Marcus DuMont (1784–1831), founder of de:Kölnische Zeitung Margot Eskens, singer, corridor Y (26). Jean Marie Farina (1809–1880), producer of Eau de Cologne Johann Maria Farina (1685–1766), founder of Eau de Cologne Ludwig Gies (1887–1966), sculptor Robert Görlinger (1888–1954), mayor 1948 to 1949 Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), physician Hermann Grüneberg (1827–1894), chemist Alice Guszalewicz (1866–1940), opera singer Josef Haubrich (1889–1961), jurist, patron of the arts Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885), composer Andreas Hillgruber (1925–1989), historian István Kertész (1929–1973), conductor Irmgard Keun (1905–1982), novelist Karel Krautgartner (1922–1982), jazz musician Hildegard Krekel (1952–2013), actress Eugen Langen (1833–1895), engineer Jaki Liebezeit (1938–2017), drummer Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), chancellor Georg Meistermann (1911–1990), artist Gustav von Mevissen (1815–1899), entrepreneur Lucy Millowitsch (1905–1990), actress Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), actor Wilhelm Mülhens (1762–1841), merchant Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873), poet Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902–1968), artist Alfred Nourney (1892–1972), Titanic survivor Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim (1934–2005), banker Nicolaus August Otto (1832–1891), inventor of the engine named after him Gunther Philipp (1918–2003), actor (Lit. D) Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter and photographer (Lit. D Nr. 28) Anton Räderscheidt (1892–1970), painter August Reichensperger (1808–1895), Jurist, politician and patron of the Cologne Cathedral Heinrich Reissdorf, brewery owner Fritz Rémond Jr. (1902–1976), actor and theatre manager Johann Heinrich Richartz (1796–1861), founder of Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Albert Richter (1912–1940), cyclist Wilhelm Riphahn (1889–1963), architect August Sander (1876–1964), photographer Elisabeth Scherer (1914–2013), actress Bernard Schultze (1915–2005), painter Helma Seitz (1913–1995), actress Vincenz Statz (1819–1898), architect and sculptor Rolf Stommelen (1943–1983), racing driver Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944), author Christine Teusch (1888–1968), politician Eduard Trier (1920-2009), art historian Gisela Uhlen (1919–2007), actress Oswald Mathias Ungers (1926–2007), architect Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (1748–1824), see Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), politician Johann Peter Weyer (1794–1864), Stadtbaumeister Erwin Wickert (1915–2008), diplomat and author Leopold von Wiese (1876–1969), sociologist Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), politician Hermann Wissmann (1853–1905), governor of Deutsch-Ostafrika Otto Wolff (1881–1940), industrialist Otto Wolff von Amerongen (1918–2007), entrepreneur Ernst Friedrich Zwirner (1802–1861), architect, Dombaumeister Helmut Martin (1940–1999), sinologist References