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Holmens Cemetery

Holmen Cemetery is the oldest cemetery still in use in , . It was first located next to the naval Church of Holmen in the city centre but relocated to its current site on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in the district in 1666.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Copenhagen
  • Also known as: “Cemetery of Holmen” and “Holmen Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National art museum Copenhagen and castle Rosenborg.

Museum
Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery of Denmark is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of . The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and handles Danish and foreign art dating from the 14th century to the present day. is situated 590 metres south of Holmens Cemetery.

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Rosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle in Copenhagen, . The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects. is situated 1 km south of Holmens Cemetery.

Tomb
Photo: Dannebrog Spy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a tomb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyboder and Copenhagen.

Quarter
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is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in , . It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time.

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is the capital city of and forms the moderate conurbation that one million Danes call home. It is big enough to form a small Danish metropolis, with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet small enough still to feel intimate and be safe.

Quarter
Photo: Manscher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district in , . Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.

Holmens Cemetery

Latitude
55.69392° or 55° 41′ 38″ north
Longitude
12.58053° or 12° 34′ 50″ east
Open location code
9F7JMHVJ+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 127625819
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q3380319
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Holmens Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “cementiri de Holmen”
  • Chinese: “霍尔门公墓”
  • Chinese: “霍爾門公墓”
  • Czech: “Holmenský hřbitov”
  • Danish: “Holmens Kirkegård”
  • Dutch: “Holmens Kerkhof”
  • French: “cimetière Holmens”
  • French: “Cimetière Holmens”
  • German: “Holmens Kirkegård”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות הולמן”
  • Japanese: “ホルメン墓地”
  • Manx: “ruillick Holmen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Holmens kirkegård”
  • Norwegian: “Holmens kirkegård”
  • Russian: “кладбище Хольмен”
  • Russian: “Хольменское кладбище”
  • Swedish: “Holmens Kirkegård”
  • Swedish: “Holmens kyrkogård”
  • Ukrainian: “Гольменське кладовище”
  • Vietnamese: “Nghĩa trang Holmen”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Holmens”

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Highlights include Institut Sankt Joseph Copenhagen and Østerbro Bibliotek.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Holmens Cemetery”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.