Notre-Dame Cemetery (Luxembourg)

Coordinates: 49°36′58″N 6°07′08″E / 49.616°N 6.119°E / 49.616; 6.119
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Notre-Dame Cemetery
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Established1780
Location
Rue Nico Klopp, Limpertsberg, Luxembourg City
CountryLuxembourg
Owned byLuxembourg City
Size13.9916 ha (34.574 acres)

The Notre-Dame Cemetery (French: Cimetière Notre-Dame, German: Liebfrauenfriedhof) in Luxembourgish more commonly the Nikloskierfecht, or "St. Nicholas Graveyard", is located in the Limpertsberg quarter of Luxembourg City. It is the largest of the 14 cemeteries and graveyards managed by the Service Cimetières of the City of Luxembourg.

History[edit]

After the Church of St. Nicholas in the city centre was torn down, and the seat of the St. Nicholas parish was transferred to the former Jesuit church (now the Cathedral), in 1779 the parish graveyard was moved outside the city walls to the Glacis. This was the origin of the name „Nikloskierfecht“.[1] The new graveyard was on land near the Notre-Dame Chapel (German: Kapelle Unserer Lieben Frau, French: Chapelle Notre-Dame), also called the Neipuertskapell (Luxembourgish for "New Gate Chapel").[2] This explains the official name of Notre-Dame Cemetery.

The new cemetery was essentially just an extension of a graveyard which had already existed by the chapel since 1691 and where those were buried who had been condemned to death but were not criminals, such as deserters. Two gardens were added to the old graveyard, one of which belonged to the chapel, while the other was the property of the Holy Ghost monastery.[2]

Hinzert Cross
Mausoleum of the French soldiers

Monuments[edit]

There are two monuments at the Notre-Dame Cemetery:

  • the National Monument of the Resistance and the Deportation, or Monument national de la résistance et de la déportation, usually simply called the "Hinzert Cross" (Luxembourgish: Hinzerter Kraitz)[3]
  • the Monument to the Luxembourgish Unknown Legionary and the French Soldiers who died in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in the Great War 1914-1918[4]

Notable interments[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Grave of the "Captain of Köpenick"
    Grave of the "Captain of Köpenick"
  • Grave of Paul Eyschen (1841-1915).
    Grave of Paul Eyschen (1841-1915).
  • Building where ceremonies take place. Foreground: the grave of Lucien Wercollier.
    Building where ceremonies take place. Foreground: the grave of Lucien Wercollier.
  • Tree avenue to the ceremonial building.
    Tree avenue to the ceremonial building.
  • This memorial plaque to the first Glacis chapel (1628-1796) stood at the entrance until the start of the construction works for the tramway
    This memorial plaque to the first Glacis chapel (1628-1796) stood at the entrance until the start of the construction works for the tramway
  • Le prisonnier politique and the Hinzert Cross
    Le prisonnier politique and the Hinzert Cross

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ E. Feitler: Luxemburg, deine Heimatstadt. 2nd edition. Luxembourg 1954, p. 106.
  2. ^ a b F. Lascombes: Chronik der Stadt Luxemburg: 1684-1795. Luxembourg 1988, p. 383f.
  3. ^ Dondelinger 2008, pp. 41ff.
  4. ^ Dondelinger 2008, pp. 40f.
  5. ^ "Sophie De Bette". City of Luxembourg.
  6. ^ "Melchior Bourg-Gemen". City of Luxembourg.
  7. ^ "Thomas Byrne (Byrne-Baustert family plot)". City of Luxembourg.
  8. ^ "Pierre Clomes". City of Luxembourg.
  9. ^ "François-Charles Emmanuel Collin (Collin-Gindorff)". City of Luxembourg.
  10. ^ "Jules Van Damme". City of Luxembourg.
  11. ^ a b "Michel and Victor Engels (Engels-Greiveldinger family plot)". City of Luxembourg.
  12. ^ "Paul Eyschen". City of Luxembourg.
  13. ^ Dondelinger 2008, pp. 38ff.
  14. ^ "J.B. Gellé". City of Luxembourg.
  15. ^ "Bernard Graf-Ulveling". City of Luxembourg.
  16. ^ "Bernhard Groethuysen and Alix Guillain". City of Luxembougr.
  17. ^ "Nicolas Hemmen-Breyer". City of Luxembourg.
  18. ^ "Joseph Junck". City of Luxemmbourg.
  19. ^ "Auguste Klein-Demuth". City of Luxembourg.
  20. ^ "Alphonse Kemp (Kemp family plot)". City of Luxembourg. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Evrard Ketten". City of Luxembourg.
  22. ^ "Eugène Kurth". City of Luxembourg.
  23. ^ "Guillaume Lefèvre". City of Luxembourg (in French).
  24. ^ "Michel Lentz". City of Luxembourg.
  25. ^ "Abbé Jean-Pierre Maeysz". City of Luxembourg. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Fernand Mertens". City of Luxembourg.
  27. ^ "Edmond Patzké". City of Luxembourg.
  28. ^ "Charles-Auguste Praum". City of Luxembourg.
  29. ^ "François Roeser". City of Luxembourg.
  30. ^ "François Scheffer-Seyler". City of Luxembourg.
  31. ^ "Charles Schmitz". City of Luxembourg.
  32. ^ "Nicolas Steffen Pierret". City of Luxembourg.
  33. ^ Dondelinger 2008, pp. 39ff.
  34. ^ "Batty Weber (Weber-Brugmann family plot)". City of Luxembourg.
  35. ^ "Paul Weber". City of Luxembourg.
  36. ^ "Dr. Jacques Wester (Wester-Pretemer family mausoleum)". City of Luxembourg.
  37. ^ "Captain Guillaume Weydert". City of Luxembourg.
  38. ^ "Edouard Wolff". City of Luxembourg.
  39. ^ "Henri Woquier". City of Luxembourg.
  40. ^ "Jean Worré". City of Luxembourg.
  41. ^ "Jean-Antoine Zinnen". City of Luxembourg.
  42. ^ Dondelinger 2008, p. 35f.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Kartheiser, R. 1973. "Den Nikloskierfech". In: Die Warte. Luxembourg. - Vol. 26 (1973), No. 25 (4 October), p. [4]; No. 27 (18 October), p. [4]; No. 28 (25 October), p. [4]; No. 29 (8 November), p. [4].

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