Schosshalden cemetery
The Schosshalden cemetery (in German: Schosshaldenfriedhof) is a cemetery at Ostermundigenstrasse 116 in Bern.
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| Established | 1877 |
| Location | Bern |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46.953°N 7.477°E |
| Type | Public, non-denominational |
| Website | bern.ch |
| Find a Grave | Schosshalden Cemetery |
Overview
It lies on the border to the Ostermundigen municipality, has been opened in 1877 as a replacement for the rose garden and then extended several times. It has rare wild plants, many species of birds, bats and small animals. A nature trail provides information on over 200 trees and shrubs.
The Schosshaldenfriedhof contains the family grave of Paul Klee, with a bronze plaque and the following quote:
- I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough.[1]
The Schosshaldenfriedhof appears in Friedrich Dürrenmatt′s The Judge and His Hangman as the burial place of the murdered fictional character Police Lieutenant ″Ulrich Smith″ (or ″Dr. Prantl″).
Museum graveyard
A museum graveyard (Museumsgrabfeld) has been created within the Schosshalde cemetery in 1980 in order to preserve aesthetically representative gravestones of different epochs.[2] It is considered as Bern′s smallest museum[3] and hosts cultural events.[4]
Prominent burials
Existing burials
- Erwin Friedrich Baumann (1890–1980), architect and sculptor
- Friedrich Baumann (1835v1910), architect and politician
- Markus Feldmann (1897–1958), Federal Council
- Otto von Greyerz (1863–1940), linguist
- Paul Klee (1879–1940), painter
- Ernst Kreidolf (1863–1956), painter and illustrator
- Eugen Meier (1930–2002), football player
- Marcel Perincioli (1911–2005), sculptor
- Karl Rappan (1905–1996), football player
- Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962), Federal Council
- Rudolf von Tavel (1866–1934), writer
Cleared burials
- Edward John Granet (1858–1918), British military attache, Bern - reburied in Commonwealth war grave plot at St Martin's Cemetery, Vevey[5]
- Gertrud Kurz (1890–1972), humanist
- Franz Eugen Schlachter (1859–1911), Bible translator
- Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), painter
Notes
- "Paul Klee's Epitaph, the Meaning". 26 March 2013.
- Official website of the museum graveyard Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Eliane Oesch: Grabsteine vor dem Tod bewahrt. In: Journal B: Sagt, was Bern bewegt, March 20, 2013.
- Urs Wüthrich: Genie und Wahnsinn im Schosshaldenfriedhof. In: Berner Zeitung, May 19, 2011.
- "Casualty Details | CWGC".