The Schosshalden cemetery (in German: Schosshaldenfriedhof) is a cemetery at Ostermundigenstrasse 116 in Bern.
Overview
It lies on the border to the Ostermundigen municipality, has been opened in 1877 as a replacement for the rose garden and then extended several times. It has rare wild plants, many species of birds, bats and small animals. A nature trail provides information on over 200 trees and shrubs.
The Schosshaldenfriedhof contains the family grave of Paul Klee, with a bronze plaque and the following quote:
I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough.
The Schosshaldenfriedhof appears in Friedrich Dürrenmatt′s The Judge and His Hangman as the burial place of the murdered fictional character Police Lieutenant ″Ulrich Smith″ (or ″Dr. Prantl″).
Museum graveyard
A museum graveyard (Museumsgrabfeld) has been created within the Schosshalde cemetery in 1980 in order to preserve aesthetically representative gravestones of different epochs.Official website of the museum graveyard It is considered as Bern′s smallest museumEliane Oesch: Grabsteine vor dem Tod bewahrt. In: Journal B: Sagt, was Bern bewegt, March 20, 2013. and hosts cultural events.Urs Wüthrich: Genie und Wahnsinn im Schosshaldenfriedhof. In: Berner Zeitung, May 19, 2011.
Prominent burials
Existing burials
Erwin Friedrich Baumann (1890–1980), architect and sculptor Friedrich Baumann (1835v1910), architect and politician Markus Feldmann (1897–1958), Federal Council Otto von Greyerz (1863–1940), linguist Paul Klee (1879–1940), painter Ernst Kreidolf (1863–1956), painter and illustrator Eugen Meier (1930–2002), football player Marcel Perincioli (1911–2005), sculptor Karl Rappan (1905–1996), football player Eduard von Steiger (1881–1962), Federal Council Rudolf von Tavel (1866–1934), writer
Cleared burials
Edward John Granet (1858–1918), British military attache, Bern - reburied in Commonwealth war grave plot at St Martin's Cemetery, Vevey Gertrud Kurz (1890–1972), humanist Franz Eugen Schlachter (1859–1911), Bible translator Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), painter
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