Langenberg Hohlstraße Cemetry

 

heightheight Size: 8.1 hectares

gateGate  Opened: 21 April 1907

The former Protestant Cemetery of Langenberg, now known as the Municipal Langenberg-Hohlstraße Cemetery, was consecrated on 21 April 1907. The entire cemetery grounds, which were originally located within a woodland area, were donated to the Protestant parish by the Colsman family of Langenberg, a prominent silk-manufacturing family. Under a public-law agreement dated 21 December 1972, responsibility for the cemetery was transferred to the City of Langenberg on 1 January 1973.

 

Of particular architectural and historical significance is the cemetery chapel, which remains the property of the Protestant parish.

 

Noteworthy burial sites within the cemetery include the graves of Sophie and Adalbert Colsman, the cemetery's benefactors, the Hoddick family grave, one of the most elaborate memorial sites within the cemetery, and the grave of August and Johanna Frowein. August Frowein served as Mayor of Langenberg from 1864 to 1900.

 

Especially significant are the two war grave sections commemorating victims of the First and Second World Wars. The First World War memorial site was established in 1920 and is considered exceptionally elaborate in both its design and architectural composition compared to similar memorials in Germany. The Second World War memorial site was designed by the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) and inaugurated in 1957. Its layout reflects the style commonly found in German war cemeteries of this period.

 

Today, the cemetery combines historical significance, distinctive architecture, and carefully maintained memorial areas, making it one of the most notable cemeteries in the municipal cemetery system of the City of Velbert.

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