Melaten is the central cemetery of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, which was first mentioned in 1243. It was developed to a large park, holding the graves of notable residents.
Name The name "Melaten" refers to a hospital for the sick and lepers from the 12th century. The "hoff to Malaten" (modern German: Hof der Maladen, or "yard of the malades") is first mentioned in a 1243 document.
Location Melaten is in the north of the municipal district of Lindenthal. It is surrounded by streets, in the south Aachener Straße (Köln), in the east Piusstraße, in the west Oskar-Jäger-Straße and the Melatengürtel, and in the north Weinsbergstraße. The 435,000-square-metre cemetery had 55,540 graves in 2008, and is the largest cemetery in the city.
History Melaten is located approximately one kilometre west of the city district of Cologne, just beyond the Bischofsweg (Köln), the historical boundary between the territory of the city and that of the archbishop. The hospital therefore fell under the jurisdiction of the archbishop, and was in spiritual hands.
Burials
Notable burials on Melaten include:
Wilhelm Albermann (1835–1913), sculptor
Wolfgang Anheisser (1929–1974), baritone Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927), artist Dirk Bach (1961–2012), actor, TV-presenter
Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969), pianist
Erika Berger (1939–2016), author
Willy Birgel (1891–1973), actor
Hans Böckler (1875–1951), politician and trade union leader
Fritz Burgbacher (1900–1978), politician
Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1925–2004), journalist
Holger Czukay (1938–2017), avantgarde musician
Wilhelm Ludwig Deichmann (1798–1876), banker
Nevio De Zordo (1943–2014), Italian bobsledder
:de:Joseph DuMont (1811–1861), newspaper publisher :de:Marcus DuMont (1784–1831), founder of :de:Kölnische Zeitung
Margot Eskens, singer, corridor Y (26).
Jean Marie Farina (1809–1880), producer of Eau de Cologne
Johann Maria Farina (1685–1766), founder of Eau de Cologne
Ludwig Gies (1887–1966), sculptor Robert Görlinger (1888–1954), mayor 1948 to 1949
Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), physician
Hermann Grüneberg (1827–1894), chemist
Alice Guszalewicz (1866–1940), opera singer
Josef Haubrich (1889–1961), jurist, patron of the arts
Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885), composer Andreas Hillgruber (1925–1989), historian
István Kertész (1929–1973), conductor Irmgard Keun (1905–1982), novelist
Karel Krautgartner (1922–1982), jazz musician Hildegard Krekel (1952–2013), actress
Eugen Langen (1833–1895), engineer
Jaki Liebezeit (1938–2017), drummer
Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), chancellor Georg Meistermann (1911–1990), artist
Gustav von Mevissen (1815–1899), entrepreneur Lucy Millowitsch (1905–1990), actress Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), actor
Wilhelm Mülhens (1762–1841), merchant Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873), poet
Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902–1968), artist
Alfred Nourney (1892–1972), Titanic survivor
Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim (1934–2005), banker
Nicolaus August Otto (1832–1891), inventor of the engine named after him
Gunther Philipp (1918–2003), actor (Lit. D) Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter and photographer (Lit. D Nr. 28)
Anton Räderscheidt (1892–1970), painter
August Reichensperger (1808–1895), Jurist, politician and patron of the Cologne Cathedral Heinrich Reissdorf, brewery owner Fritz Rémond Jr. (1902–1976), actor and theatre manager
Johann Heinrich Richartz (1796–1861), founder of Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Albert Richter (1912–1940), cyclist Wilhelm Riphahn (1889–1963), architect
August Sander (1876–1964), photographer
Elisabeth Scherer (1914–2013), actress
Bernard Schultze (1915–2005), painter
Helma Seitz (1913–1995), actress
Vincenz Statz (1819–1898), architect and sculptor
Rolf Stommelen (1943–1983), racing driver
Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944), author Christine Teusch (1888–1968), politician Eduard Trier (1920-2009), art historian Gisela Uhlen (1919–2007), actress
Oswald Mathias Ungers (1926–2007), architect
Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (1748–1824), see Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), politician Johann Peter Weyer (1794–1864), Stadtbaumeister
Erwin Wickert (1915–2008), diplomat and author Leopold von Wiese (1876–1969), sociologist
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), politician Hermann Wissmann (1853–1905), governor of Deutsch-Ostafrika
Otto Wolff (1881–1940), industrialist Otto Wolff von Amerongen (1918–2007), entrepreneur Ernst Friedrich Zwirner (1802–1861), architect, Dombaumeister Helmut Martin (1940–1999), sinologist
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