Frankfurt Main Cemetery

The Frankfurt Main Cemetery is the largest in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was opened in 1828. The cemetery is located directly adjacent to two Jewish cemeteries—the and the New Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt —and together they form one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
  • Also known as: “Frankfurt am Main”, “Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof”, and “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Neuer Jüdischer Friedhof (Eckenheimer Landstraße) and Old Jewish Cemetery.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery, which is situated 430 metres northwest of Frankfurt Main Cemetery.

Cemetery
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The of , , is located at Rat-Beil-Straße directly adjacent to the oldest parts of the gentile Frankfurt Main Cemetery. is situated 530 metres south of Frankfurt Main Cemetery.

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is situated 720 metres northeast of Frankfurt Main Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westend and Bahnhofsviertel.

Suburb
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Westend-Nord and Westend-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as the is generally considered an entity. is situated 3 km southwest of Frankfurt Main Cemetery.

Suburb
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The is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, . It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. The was developed between 1891 and 1915. is situated 3½ km southwest of Frankfurt Main Cemetery.

Suburb
Sachsenhausen-Nord and Sachsenhausen-Süd are two quarters of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as is generally considered a single entity. is situated 4 km south of Frankfurt Main Cemetery.

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Latitude
50.13771° or 50° 8′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.69019° or 8° 41′ 25″ east
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Inception
1828
Open location code
9F2C4MQR+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4651287
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
7160118
Wiki­data ID
Q881481
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Frankfurt Main Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hoofbegraafplaas van Frankfurt am Main”
  • Armenian: “Մայնի Ֆրանկֆուրտի գլխավոր գերեզմանատուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Frankfurt qəbiristanlığı”
  • Basque: “Frankfurt am Main”
  • Basque: “Frankfurteko hilerria”
  • Basque: “Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof”
  • Belarusian: “Галоўныя могілкі, Франкфурт-на-Майне”
  • Belarusian: “Франкфурцкія галоўныя могілкі”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri Principal (Frankfurt)”
  • Catalan: “Franckfurter Hauptfriedhof”
  • Czech: “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”
  • Dutch: “begraafplaats van Frankfurt”
  • Esperanto: “ĉeftombejo de Frankfurto ĉe Majno”
  • French: “cimetière principal de Francfort”
  • French: “Cimetière principal de Francfort”
  • Georgian: “ფრანკფურტის მთავარი სასაფლაო”
  • German: “Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof”
  • German: “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”
  • German: “Hauptfriedhof”
  • Greek: “κεντρικό νεκροταφείο της Φρανκφούρτης”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות המרכזי של פרנקפורט”
  • Hungarian: “Frankfurt am Main város temetője”
  • Irish: “Reilig Frankfurt am Main”
  • Japanese: “ハウプトフリードホフ”
  • Kurdish: “Goristana Hauptfriedhof a Frankfurtê”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”
  • Norwegian: “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”
  • Polish: “Główny cmentarz we Frankfurcie nad Menem”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério de Frankfurt am Main”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul Central din Frankfurt”
  • Russian: “Главное кладбище (Франкфурт-на-Майне)”
  • Russian: “кладбище Хауптфридхоф”
  • Russian: “Кладбище Хауптфридхоф”
  • Slovenian: “Glavno pokopališče Frankfurt”
  • Slovenian: “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”
  • Spanish: “cementerio principal de Frankfurt”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio principal de Frankfurt”
  • Swedish: “Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof”
  • Swedish: “Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt”
  • Tatar: “Франкфуртның баш зираты”
  • Ukrainian: “Гауптфрідхоф”
  • Ukrainian: “Франкфуртський головний цвинтар”
  • Vietnamese: “Nghĩa trang Frankfurt chính”
  • Welsh: “Prif Fynwent Frankfurt”

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