Braunschweig Main Cemetery

The Central Cemetery of Braunschweig was inaugurated on October 1, 1887, by Mayor Wilhelm Pockels and the Lutheran provost General-Superintendent Wilhelm Beste consecrated the burial ground, along with the chapel. The first burial recorded was of the master baker Friedrichs on October 4. Braunschweig Main Cemetery has since replaced the old Protestant cemeteries of the individual Lutheran parishes of Braunschweig which were running out of burial space. The main cemetery complex houses the Protestant cemetery administration along with the Evangelical Lutheran cemetery chapel which was built in Gothic-Revival style by the architect Ludwig Winter, and a ceremony hall for funerals. A new pipe organ was installed at the chapel in 1962. The cemetery is the final resting place of many renowned personalities and prominent figures, including architects, composers, writers and artists. ==Notable burials==

List is sorted in order of the year of death. • Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899), German pharmacist who founded the city of Blumenau in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil • Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), novelist • Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic • Oswald Berkhan (1834–1917), physician • Hans Sommer (1837–1922), composer and mathematician • Käthe Buchler (1876–1930), photographer • Rudolf Huch (1862–1943), Brazilian-born German jurist, essayist and author • Walter Dexel (1890-1973), painter, commercial graphic designer • Norbert Schultze (1911-2002), composer of film music who is best remembered for having written the melody of the World War II classic "Lili Marleen" ==Gallery==

File:Hauptfriedhof Braunschweig.png|Map of the cemetery File:BS Mausoleum Buchterkirchen.JPG|A family mausoleum on the cemetery ground File:Braunschweig Hauptfriedhof Kapelle Suedosten (Brunswyk 2014).JPG File:BS Hauptfriedhof.JPG File:BS Feierhalle 1.JPG|Ceremony Hall File:BS Mausoleum Bautler 2.JPG|Bautler mausoleum built in 1891 File:Grabstätte Franz Trinks in Braunschweig (2013).JPG File:Bockler Erich Grab Braunschweig-Hauptfriedhof Brunswyk (2014).JPG File:Braunschweig Hauptfriedhof Richard Dedekind 01.jpg|Richard Dedekind burial site File:Grabstein von Hermann Blumenau - Braunschweiger Hauptfriedhof.jpg|Tomb of Hermann Blumenau File:BS_Wilhelm_Raabe_Grab.JPG|Wilhelm Raabe's resting place File:Grabstätte Hugo Retemeyer.JPG ==References==