Garnisons Cemetery
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Garnisons Cemetery is a cemetery in Copenhagen
, Denmark
. It was inaugurated in 1671 on a site just outside the Eastern City Gate, as a military cemetery complementing the naval Holmens Cemetery
which had been inaugurated a few years earlier on a neighbouring site. Later the cemetery was opened to civilian burails as well.
Garnisons Cemeteryis an independent cemetery, managed by the parochial church council, placed under the army's highest authority.
and laid out in 1664 on a site outside the Bastioned Fortifications
, next to the main road leading in and out of the Eastern City Gate and opposite the naval Holmens Cemetery
which was laid out around the same time. Burials began the same year but the site, former marshland, was rather unsuitable for the purpose since ground water levels made it hard to bury the bodies in sufficiently deep grounds. In 1671 some improvements were made when the site was enclosed by pallisades and ditches and the cemetery was officially inaugurated on 13 July 1671.
During the first decades, cemetery remained relatively little used. In 1706 Garnison's Church was built on Sankt Annæ Plads
and in 1723 the Soldier's Cemetery received its current name.
In 1711 Copenhagen was struck by an outbreak of plague which killed an estimated 23,000 citizens. In a move to control decease, the authorities ptovided that all victims of the plague, within 24 hours and without a ceremony, had to be buried at Garnisons Cemetery or a Municipal Plague Cemetery which was set up next to it. From 1720 Garnisons Cemetery was officially opened to civilian burials.
The cemetery was neglected and gradually fell into despair. In 1812 it was renovated and from then on began to attract more prominent citizens.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. It was inaugurated in 1671 on a site just outside the Eastern City Gate, as a military cemetery complementing the naval Holmens Cemetery
Holmens Cemetery
Holmens Cemetery is the oldest cemetery still in use in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first located next to the naval Church of Holmen in the city centre but relocated to its current site on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in the Østerbro district in 1666...
which had been inaugurated a few years earlier on a neighbouring site. Later the cemetery was opened to civilian burails as well.
Garnisons Cemeteryis an independent cemetery, managed by the parochial church council, placed under the army's highest authority.
History
Garnisons Cemetery was founded by a decree from King Frederick IIIFrederick III of Denmark
Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...
and laid out in 1664 on a site outside the Bastioned Fortifications
Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)
The fortifications of Copenhagen underwent a comprehensive modernization and expansion in the 17th century. The project was commenced and largely masterplanned by Christian IV in the early 17th century but continued and completed by his successors...
, next to the main road leading in and out of the Eastern City Gate and opposite the naval Holmens Cemetery
Holmens Cemetery
Holmens Cemetery is the oldest cemetery still in use in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first located next to the naval Church of Holmen in the city centre but relocated to its current site on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in the Østerbro district in 1666...
which was laid out around the same time. Burials began the same year but the site, former marshland, was rather unsuitable for the purpose since ground water levels made it hard to bury the bodies in sufficiently deep grounds. In 1671 some improvements were made when the site was enclosed by pallisades and ditches and the cemetery was officially inaugurated on 13 July 1671.
During the first decades, cemetery remained relatively little used. In 1706 Garnison's Church was built on Sankt Annæ Plads
Sankt Annæ Plads
Sankt Annæ Plads is a public square which marks the border between the Nyhavn area and the Frederiksstaden district in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a long narrow rectangle which extends inland from the waterfront, at a point just north of the Royal Danish Playhouse at the base of the Kvæsthusbroen...
and in 1723 the Soldier's Cemetery received its current name.
In 1711 Copenhagen was struck by an outbreak of plague which killed an estimated 23,000 citizens. In a move to control decease, the authorities ptovided that all victims of the plague, within 24 hours and without a ceremony, had to be buried at Garnisons Cemetery or a Municipal Plague Cemetery which was set up next to it. From 1720 Garnisons Cemetery was officially opened to civilian burials.
The cemetery was neglected and gradually fell into despair. In 1812 it was renovated and from then on began to attract more prominent citizens.
Garnisons Church today
One of the many characteristics of the cemetery, are the many old graves, still owned by families, and war-monuments of fallen in the wars 1848 - 1850 and 1864.Internents
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