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Hauptfriedhof Mainz

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Hauptfriedhof Mainz
Crematory
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Details
Established1803
Location
CountryGermany
Coordinates49°59′40.542″N 8°14′58.852″E / 49.99459500°N 8.24968111°E / 49.99459500; 8.24968111

The Hauptfriedhof is the main cemetery of Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was established in 1803 when Mainz was under French administration.[1][2] It became the model for the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris.[3] It is the burial place of prominent persons, also the Deutscher Ehrenhof honorary graves.[4] The cemetery is a cultural heritage site.[citation needed]

Graves of notable people

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Notable people buried on the cemetery include:

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References

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  1. ^ Décret Impérial sur les sépultures, le 23 Prairial an XII. In: Bulletin des lois de l'Empire Français. 4e Série, Tome premier no. 1 à 16, Paris, Brumaire an XIII [1804], p. 75.
  2. ^ "Mehr als "nur" eine Begräbnisstätte / Der Mainzer Hauptfriedhof". Mainz (in German). 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. ^ Keinath, Ralf (31 October 2021). "Orte in Mainz, die sich wie Ausland anfühlen". merkurist.de (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  4. ^ Deutsch-fanzösische Geschichte auf dem Aureus

Further reading

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