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Our Saviour's Cemetery, Copenhagen

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Our Savuour's Cemetery
View from the centre of the cemetery, looking north
Map
Details
Established1790
Location
Copenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°39′54″N 12°36′3″E / 55.66500°N 12.60083°E / 55.66500; 12.60083
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Our Saviour's Cemetery (Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirkegård) is located at the corner of Amagerbrogade and Prags Boulevard in Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

Our Saviour's Church was originally surrounded by a graveyard.

The current Our Saviour's Cemetery was established in 1790 since the existing cemeteries in Christianshavn were no longer able to cope with the number of burials. In 1853, as a consequence of the 1853 Copenhagen Cholera Outbreak, all inner city burials were prohibited.[1]

Design

The brick wall that surrounds the cemetery dates from 1927. A new administration building was inaugurated in 2011. The cemetery was refurbished in 2015. A cobbled area surrounded by benches was established in the centre of the cemetery where its two principal avenues crosses each other.

Burials

References

  1. ^ "Vor Frelsers Kirkegård" (in Danish). Vor Frelsers Sogn. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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