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St.-Georg-Park/Alter Friedhof

Beschreibung

In the period after the Thirty Years' War, the number of burials in Großenlüder rose sharply. In the 35 years between 1654 and 1689 alone, 674 people were buried in the cemetery around the church. A lack of space and hygienic conditions made it necessary to relocate the cemetery.
Ultimately, the new construction and remodelling of the parish church from 1731-1735 according to the plans of Andreas Gallasini, court architect to the Fulda prince abbot Adolph von Dalberg (1726-1737), was the reason for the relocation of the cemetery to the church's own area outside the village on the Heutor.
According to the church register, the first burial in the new cemetery took place on 17 December 1742.
This was followed in 1820 by the erection of a sandstone high cross, which has stood on the current cemetery site on Langenberg since 1983.
The cemetery was extended in 1871 and again in 1903. As part of the second extension, the cemetery wall was given a crucifixion group with 14 cast-iron Stations of the Cross reliefs.
Visible traces of the Second World War are the 22 gravestones of the victims of the bombing of the Fulda Krätzbachbunker on 27 December 1944. 102 fallen and 56 missing soldiers are commemorated on memorial plaques at the mortuary.

The expellees who came to Großenlüder after the war donated a memorial to the victims of the expulsion in the garden of the old Oberförsterei (now Burgpassage) on the occasion of the first Heimattreffen on 7 August 1949. In 1952, this memorial was moved to its current location to the left of the cemetery chapel.
In 1952, under the leadership of former mayor Adam Josef Brähler and with the great commitment of the citizens of Großenlüder, a new burial hall was built as part of a labour procurement measure, for which a bell was also purchased. The colourful variety of the building was created by using old sandstone gravestones.
The cemetery underwent a third and final expansion in 1972.
In 1983, under Mayor Rudolf Marka, the foundation stone was laid for the mortuary of the new cemetery on Langenberg and the cemetery was gradually moved to its current location.
At the request of Mayor Werner Dietrich, the municipal council decided in 2014 to redesign the old cemetery into St. Georg Park using funds from the Hesse village renewal programme. Among other things, the new park was given a central fountain and access for the disabled and elderly. St. Georg Park was officially opened on 21 June 2019.