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Loschwitz Cemetery () is the second burial ground, still in use, of
Loschwitz Loschwitz is a borough (''Geography and urban development of Dresden#City structuring, Stadtbezirk'') of Dresden, Germany, incorporated in 1921. It consists of ten quarters (''Stadtteile''): Loschwitz is a villa quarter located at the slopes nor ...
, part of the city of
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, Germany, replacing the graveyard of
Loschwitz church The Loschwitz Church is a baroque church in the Loschwitz district of Dresden. It was the first Church (building), church built by the architect of the Frauenkirche, Dresden, Dresden Frauenkirche, George Bähr. The churchyard, which was used as a ...
, no longer used for burials. The cemetery was dedicated in about 1800. Because of the many artists buried here and the many artistically valuable funerary sculptures it is a protected monument.


History

In about 1800 the churchyard of Loschwitz became full, and so a new burial ground was opened on the road to
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, the present cemetery. It is laid out as a meadow. Over the years it has been enlarged several times in the direction of the old village centre of Loschwitz. It consists today of an old part and a new part, opened in 1918, and a place for urn burials, completed in 1927. In 1893 a chapel was added, by the architect Friedrich Reuter. The stained glass windows are by Wilhelm Walther, the creator of the Dresden "
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"; the scene of the
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over the centre portal is by the sculptor Johannes Hartmann from
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. The chapel bell with an inscription ''"Frieden"'' ("Peace") was made in 1947 by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling from
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. During the flooding of the Elbe in 2002 the cemetery was under water, which damaged the many trees and plants. The damage was made good by volunteers.


Graves

Loschwitz Cemetery is the burial place of numerous artists of regional and national significance, who also created many of the gravestones and monuments. Many of them lived, at least for a time, in the Loschwitz Artists' House, which stands directly opposite the cemetery. More than 60 of the graves are counted as being of special artistic significance,Annette Dubbers (ed.): ''Loschwitz''. Eigenverlag, Dresden 2003, p. 19. including the following: * Walter Arnold – made his own grave sculpture "''Es gibt kein fremdes Leid''" ("There is no strange hurt") * Hermann Glöckner – gravestone by Peter Makolies *
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– grave to Hegenbarth's design * Hans Jüchser – gravestone by Friedrich Press * Eduard Leonhardi – grave sculpture "''Anklopfender Pilger''" ("Knocking Pilgrim") by
Robert Henze The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...
* Friedrich Press – made his own grave sculpture *
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– grave sculpture by Friedrich Press *
Sascha Schneider Rudolph Karl Alexander Schneider, commonly known as Sascha Schneider (21 September 1870 – 18 August 1927), was a German painter and sculptor. Biography Schneider was born in Saint Petersburg in 1870. During his childhood, his family lived ...
– bust by
Paul Peterich Paul Friedrich Gustav Peterich, born Petersen (1 February 1864, Bad Schwartau - 22 September 1937, Rotterdam) was a German sculptor. Life and work His father, Jasper Hinrich Petersen (1833–1920), was originally from Bad Bramstedt and worked ...
*
Willy Wolff William Wolff (born Wilhelm Wolff; 13 February 19278 July 2020), also known as Willy Wolff, was a German-British journalist and rabbi. Life Wolff was born in Berlin on 13 February 1927 as one of three children of German Jews. When he was six y ...
and
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– sculpture by Willy Wolff *
Oskar Zwintscher Oskar Zwintscher (2 May 1870, in Leipzig – 12 February 1916, in Dresden) was a German painter. He is often associated with the Jugendstil movement. Life From 1887 to 1890 he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and, ...
– grave sculpture "''Jüngling mit gesenkter Fackel''" ("Youth with Lowered Torch") by
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File:Grab Walter Arnold.jpg, Grave of Walter Arnold File:Grab Friedrich Press.jpg, Grave of Friedrich Press File:Grab Sascha Schneider.jpg, Grave of Sascha Schneider File:Grab Oskar Zwintscher.JPG, Grave of Oskar Zwintscher File:Grab Werner Hartmann.jpg, Grave of Werner Hartmann Other artistically valuable graves are those of
Wilhelm Lachnit Wilhelm Lachnit (12 November 1899, , near Dresden — 14 November 1962, Dresden) was a German painter who was primarily active in Dresden. Life Lachnit was born in the small town of Gittersee; his family moved to Dresden in 1906. He studied at t ...
and
Hans Unger Hans Unger (August 26, 1872 – August 13, 1936) was a German painter who was, during his lifetime, a highly respected Art Nouveau artist. His popularity did not survive the change in the cultural climate in Germany after World War I, howev ...
. The imposing monumental sculpture "''Tod mit Bombe''" ("Death with Bomb"), designed by Friedrich Press in 1945 for the watchmaker Paul Pleißner, shows Death carrying a bomb and a scythe. Pleißner lost his business in the air raids on Dresden, and the monument is also seen today as a memorial to the victims of the Dresden bombing. Others buried in the cemetery include: *
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, architect * Kurt Beyer, structural engineer * Artur Brabant, archivist * Rolf Engert, author and publisher *
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, painter and puppeteer * Werner Hartmann, physicist * Ernst Hassebrauk, painter * Jürgen Haufe, painter and graphic artist * Joachim Heuer (1900–1994), painter * Bruno Konrad, painter *
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, photographer * Karl Kröner, painter * Erna Lincke, painter *
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, writer * Richard Müller, painter and graphic artist * Martin Pietzsch, architect * Egon Pukall, painter and graphic artist * Hilde Rakebrand (1901–1991), painter * Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz, painter * Gustav Rumpel, architect *
Osmar Schindler Osmar Schindler (December 21, 1867 – June 19, 1927) was a German painter belonging to the Dresden Academy school of artists. His works were considered a mixture of impressionism and Art Nouveau. Life Osmar Schindler was born on December 22, ...
, painter * Edmund Schuchardt, architect and draughtsman *
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, painter * Curt Siegel, sculptor (grave removed) *
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, painter and graphic artist *
Erich Trefftz Erich Immanuel Trefftz (born 21 February 1888 in Leipzig, died 21 January 1937 in Dresden) was a German mathematician, aerodynamicist and university professor. Life Erich Trefftz was the son of merchant Oskar Trefftz (1848–1906) and Anna Eliza ...
, mathematician *
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, painter There are also two war memorials. The one commemorating the dead of
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was dedicated in 1923. Since 1956 three wooden crosses to a design by
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have commemorated the dead of
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.


Notes and references


Literature

* Dubbers, Annette (ed.), 2003: ''Loschwitz'', p. 19. Dresden: self-published * Rühl, Barbara, 2004: ''Zur Geschichte des Loschwitzer Friedhofes''. In: Ev.-Luth-Kirchgemeinde Dresden-Loschwitz (ed.): ''300 Jahre Kirchgemeinde Dresden-Loschwitz. Festschrift'', pp. 102–106. Dresden: self-published * Stein, Marion, 2000: ''Friedhöfe in Dresden'', p. 168. Dresden: Verlag der Kunst {{coord, 51.046, 13.822, type:landmark_region:DE-SN, display=title Cemeteries in Dresden Lutheran cemeteries in Germany Cemeteries established in the 1800s