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Notre-Dame Cemetery (Luxembourg)

The Notre-Dame Cemetery (, ) in Luxembourgish more commonly the , or "St. Nicholas Graveyard", is located in the Limpertsberg quarter of Luxembourg City. It is the largest of the 14 cemeteries and graveyards managed by the Service Cimetières of the City of Luxembourg.

History

After the Church of St. Nicholas in the city centre was torn down, and the seat of the St. Nicholas parish was transferred to the former Jesuit church (now the Cathedral), in 1779 the parish graveyard was moved outside the city walls to the Glacis. This was the origin of the name „Nikloskierfecht“. The new graveyard was on land near the Notre-Dame Chapel (German: , French: ), also called the (Luxembourgish for "New Gate Chapel"). This explains the official name of Notre-Dame Cemetery.

The new cemetery was essentially just an extension of a graveyard which had already existed by the chapel since 1691 and where those were buried who had been condemned to death but were not criminals, such as deserters. Two gardens were added to the old graveyard, one of which belonged to the chapel, while the other was the property of the Holy Ghost monastery.

Monuments

There are two monuments at the Notre-Dame Cemetery:

  • the National Monument of the Resistance and the Deportation, or , usually simply called the "Hinzert Cross" (Luxembourgish: )
  • the Monument to the Luxembourgish Unknown Legionary and the French Soldiers who died in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in the Great War 1914-1918

Notable interments

Gallery

Footnotes

References

Further reading

  • Kartheiser, R. 1973. "Den Nikloskierfech". In: Die Warte. Luxembourg. - Vol. 26 (1973), No. 25 (4 October), p. [4]; No. 27 (18 October), p. [4]; No. 28 (25 October), p. [4]; No. 29 (8 November), p. [4].

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