Schosshalden cemetery

Schosshalden Cemetery
Schosshalden Cemetery
Details
Established	1877
Location	Bern
Country	Switzerland
Coordinates	46°57′11″N 7°28′37″E / 46.953°N 7.477°E
Type	Public, non-denominational
Website	bern.ch
Find a Grave	Schosshalden Cemetery

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.^[1]

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.^[2] It is considered as Bern′s smallest museum^[3] and hosts cultural events.^[4]

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^[5]
Gertrud Kurz (1890–1972), humanist
Franz Eugen Schlachter (1859–1911), Bible translator
Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), painter

Notes

^ "Paul Klee's Epitaph, the Meaning". 26 March 2013.
^ Official website of the museum graveyard Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ Eliane Oesch: Grabsteine vor dem Tod bewahrt. In: Journal B: Sagt, was Bern bewegt, March 20, 2013.
^ Urs Wüthrich: Genie und Wahnsinn im Schosshaldenfriedhof. In: Berner Zeitung, May 19, 2011.
^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".

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[1] "Paul Klee's Epitaph, the Meaning". 26 March 2013.

[2] Official website of the museum graveyard Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Eliane Oesch: Grabsteine vor dem Tod bewahrt. In: Journal B: Sagt, was Bern bewegt, March 20, 2013.

[4] Urs Wüthrich: Genie und Wahnsinn im Schosshaldenfriedhof. In: Berner Zeitung, May 19, 2011.

[5] "Casualty Details | CWGC".

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