The Jewish Northern Cemetery in

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was formerly the principal

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. It has an area of 13,500 square metres and contains some 5,500 burials.

History

The Jewish congregation in Copenhagen purchased a 900 square metre site outside the city for use as a burial site in the early 1690s. The oldest burial in the cemetery is from 1694. Further acquisitions of land had brought the cemetery up to its current size by 1854 but it was still passed out of use when a new Jewish cemetery opened in connection with the new

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Today

The brick wall which today surrounds the cemetery on three sides, along Møllegade, Guldbergsgade and Birkegade, was built in 1873 to a design by Vilhelm Tvede. The entrance is on Møllegade. The cemetery was listed in 1983.

Burials

* David Baruch Adler, broker *

Hanna Adler Hanna Adler (28 May 1859, Copenhagen–4 January 1947, Copenhagen) was a Danish physicist and head teacher, school principal. One of the first Danish women to graduate in physics, she is remembered for founding and running Denmark's first Mixed-se ...

, educator * Joel Ballin, engraver * Samuel Jacob Ballin, physician * Sophus Berendsen, industrialist *

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, book dealer * Jacob Herman Bing, industrialist *

Meyer Herman Bing Meyer Herman Bing (4 June 1807 – 15 September 1883) was a Denmark, Danish businessman. He was a co-founder of Bing & Grøndahl. Early life and education Bing was born in Copenhagen, the son of bookseller Herman Jacob Bing (1776–1844) and Sara ...

, industrialist * Simon Aron Eibeschütz, philanthropist * Liepmann Fraenckel, portrait painter * David Halberstadt, merchant *

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, lawyer *

Marie Henriques Marie Henriques (26 June 1866 – 12 January 1944) was a Danish painter who created landscapes, figure paintings and portraits, initially in the Realism (art), Realist style but increasingly under the influence of Impressionism. She also painted w ...

, painter *

Martin Henriques Marcus Ruben Henriques, commonly known as Martin (R.) Henriques (26 December 1825 – 25 June 1912) was a Jewish-Danish businessman. He was the father of the musician and editor Robert Henriques and the painter Marie Henriques. Early life and car ...

, banker * Nathan Henriques, painter *

Sally Henriques Sally (Salomon) Ruben Henriques (14 November 1815 – 29 April 1886) was a Danish painter. He was born and died in Copenhagen and portrayed the city in his pictures. Biography Sally Henriques was born on 14 November 1815 into a Jewish fami ...

, painter * Samuel Henriques, painter * Isaac W. Heyman, businessman * Samuel Jacobi, physician * Ahron Jacobson, engraver * Albert Jacobson, ædelstenskærer * David Ahron Jacobson, engraver * Salomon Ahron Jacobson, engraver * Isidor Kalckar, painter * Israel Levin, linguist * Moritz Levy, national bank manager * Moritz G. Melchior, merchant * Moses Melchior, merchant * Nathan Melchior, eye surgeon *

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, printer *

Hartvig Philip Rée Hartvig Philip Rée (12 October 1778 – 1 October 1859) was a Jewish-Denmark, Danish merchant and author who built a large shipping and trade business to become one of the wealthiest people of his time. He created the first Jewish cemetery and syn ...

, merchant *

Salomon Soldin Salomon Soldin (15 March 1774 - 27 November 1837) was a Danish bookseller, publisher, editor, writer and translator. Early life and background Soldin was born into a Jewish family in Copenhagen, the son of Israel Isak Soldin, a merchant, and Mal ...

, book dealer *

Arnold Wallick Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Un ...

, stage painter *

Abraham Wolff Abraham Alexander Wolff (; 29 April 1801 – 3 December 1891) was the chief rabbi of Denmark and translator of the Torah into Danish language, Danish. Wolff was born in Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, to the merchan ...

, Chief Rabbi

Cultural depictions

Music

The Jewish Northern Cemetery is the subject of an instrumental song, "The Jewish Cemetery on Møllegade", by

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Image gallery

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References

External links

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