LC control no. | no2011141639 |
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Corporate name heading | Hauptfriedhof (Saarbrücken, Germany) |
Variant(s) | Saarbrücker Hauptfriedhof Südfriedhof (Saarbrücken, Germany) |
Found in | Zivile und militärische Friedhofs- und Grabmalgestaltung im 20. Jahrhundert, c2010: t.p. (Saarbrücker Hauptfriedhof; located in Saarbrücken [Germany]) Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken [Germany] website, via WWW, Sept. 2, 2011 (Hauptfriedhof; also known as Südfriedhof; with approx. 65 hectares the larges cemetery in southwest Germany with 2 consecration halls and a modern crematorium; Saarbrücker Hauptfriedhof) Friedhofs- und Bestattungsbetrieb der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken web page, via WWW, Sept. 2, 2011: "Hauptfriedhof" (Hauptfriedhof; also Südfriedhof; first laid out in 1914 on the Metzer Strasse, to take interments as the St. Johann and Alt-Saarbrücken cemeteries were closed in 1917; originally intended to be a military cemetery, the cemetery was opened to civilian interments in 1916, and 1926 decision was made to make it the principal cemetery) |