- Source: Old Niendorf Cemetery
The Lutheran Old Niendorf Cemetery (German: Alter Niendorfer Friedhof) is a church-operated historic burial ground in Hamburg, Germany. The cemetery is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran parish church of Niendorf, Hamburg.
History and description
The old cemetery was established in 1840 as a parish burial ground for the baroque church of Niendorf which was built in 1770. The cemetery has a size of approximately 4.5 hectares, on which there are 2,350 graves, where 6,500 people are buried. The cemetery is one of the most historically significant cemeteries in Hamburg. It contains a high number of large family tombs and mausoleums.
Selected notable burials
= Hanseatic families
=Notable people buried here include many members of the Hanseatic families of Hamburg, such as
Several members of the Amsinck family, including
Wilhelm Amsinck (1821–1909), businessman and politician
Johannes Amsinck, merchant
Ludwig Erdwin Amsinck, merchant
Martin Garlieb Amsinck, ship-owner
Several members of the Berenberg/Gossler family, including
John von Berenberg-Gossler, banker and senator
Baron Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler, banker
Baron Johann ("John") von Berenberg-Gossler, banker
Several members of the Merck family, including
Ernest William Merck, banker
Erwin Johannes Merck, banker
= Other burials
=Axel von Ambesser (1910–1988), German actor and film director
Josef Posipal (1927–1997), Romanian-born German footballer
Evelyn Hamann (1942–2007), German actress
Gallery
References and external links
Official website (in German)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Old Niendorf Cemetery
- Amsinck family
- Mathilde Block
- Lübeck
- Hamburg
- Bahrenfeld
- SS Cap Arcona
- Rywka Lipszyc
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in pre-reunification Germany
- Rahlstedt
