Schosshalden cemetery

The Schosshalden cemetery (in German: Schosshaldenfriedhof) is a cemetery at Ostermundigenstrasse 116 in Bern.

Schosshalden Cemetery
Details
Established1877
Location
Bern
CountrySwitzerland
Coordinates46.953°N 7.477°E / 46.953; 7.477
TypePublic, non-denominational
Websitebern.ch
Find a GraveSchosshalden Cemetery

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

Cleared burials

Notes
  1. http://ngravitystudio.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/paul-klees-epitaph-the-meaning/
  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. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/473433/granet,-edward-john/
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