Tourism in cemeteries in Germany Ohlsdorf

Tourism in cemeteries in Germany Ohlsdorf - Some ancient civilizations used to burn their dead on funeral pyres or in boats floating in the sea. Currently the fire is still an element used in many rites of much of the world but many people still prefer the custom of burying in the ground for their dead. Cemeteries date back to ancient Egypt for example is the Necropolis of Giza, you can find tours in the cemeteries of london or Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.


Today is the concerted shift Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg, Germany. As one of the biggest in the world, covers an area of ​​400 hectares and has about 413,589 tombs 982,117 cremations. Today should be changed and is still in use. Read What to do in Hamburg, Germany Tourism

If we have the largest military cemeteries there, but it unlike that of Hamburg is the second largest civilian cemetery in the world after Calverton, Long Island, USA. Go ahead is almost an entire neighborhood.

To understand the size you count that has 12 chapels and an internal street system that runs a total 17 km approx. Opened in 1877 as a cemetery outside multiregional Ohlsdorf. In 1923 moved from other cemeteries were graves and there was a coup grew.

In its more than 130 years of history has important monuments or graves, so if you do not mind to spend a day's walk through this vast cemetery you can find some of the most relevant monuments or memorials in the cemetery to find Ohlsdorf. We recommend you drive the six memorials in memory of the victims of Nazism and the first is the Memorial for Victims of Nazi Persecution dating back to 1949 with the names of the 25 concentration camps and recorded on the Memorial of the Victims of Hamburg Fire whose remains rest in a mass grave.

There is also the Memorial to the Resistance Fighters of Hamburg between 1933 and 1945 where 55 anti fascist rest were executed or killed in custody by the Nazis with a bronze sculpture. Moreover, in the cemetery are the graves of German celebrities, actors, scientists and politicians. Finally, a route that contains a lot of history and memories that are worth visiting
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