Old St. John's Cemetery

Local nameAlter Johannisfriedhof
LocationSoutheast center, Leipzig, Deutschland

The Alter Johannisfriedhof is the oldest burial ground in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It began in 1278, as part of the Johannishospital in Leipzig, a leper hospital. It was later attached to the Johanniskirche, which was destroyed in World War II. In 1536 it became the common burial ground for the city of Leipzig, and expanded several times. It was also re-modeled in the style of the Camposanto in Pisa, a popular style of cemetery in Germany. In 1680 and 1805 the graveyard was expanded by the additions of sections three and four respectively, then the fifth and the final extension took place between 1827 and 1863. 1883 saw its last burial.

In 1981 the graveyard was closed and comprehensively cleared. Fifty-eight monuments and gravestones from the former Neuer Johannisfriedhof, which had similarly been cleared and re-developed as the present Friedenspark, were set up in the south-eastern corner of the Alter Johannisfriedhof.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_Johannisfriedhof

More information at City of Leipzig http://www.leipzig.de/freizeit-kultur-und-tourismus/parks-waelder-und-friedhoefe/parks-und-gruenanlagen/alter-johannisfriedhof/

Address (Unnamed Road), Leipzig 04103, Germany

Coordinates 51°20'11.799" N 12°23'25.692" E

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