Dutch Cemetery
The Dutch Cemetery of Elmina was constructed on the order of Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom in 1806. Up until that date, the Dutch had buried their dead inside or just outside Elmina Castle, but by the beginning of the 19th century, little space was left there, so it was decided to construct a new cemetery in what was known as "the Garden" of Elmina.Photo: Fentener van Vlissingen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Elmina
- Also known as: “Dutch Cemetery, Elmina”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elmina Castle and Fort Coenraadsburg.
Elmina Castle
Photo: Bolance, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina, in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast. Elmina Castle is situated 660 metres southeast of Dutch Cemetery.
Fort Coenraadsburg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Coenraadsburg or Conraadsburg, also Fort São Tiago da Mina, is a small fort situated opposite the Elmina Castle in the Central region of Ghana, built around a Portuguese chapel for Saint Jago, to protect Fort Elmina from attacks. Fort Coenraadsburg is situated 280 metres southeast of Dutch Cemetery.
Saint Joseph’s basilica
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Joseph's Minor Basilica Church is a Roman Catholic Church building in Elmina, in the Central Region of Ghana. Established in 1880, it was the first Roman Catholic church to have been established in Ghana. Saint Joseph’s basilica is situated 140 metres north of Dutch Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmina.
Elmina
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Elmina is a city in Coastal Plain region of Ghana. Its name comes from the Portuguese word for "Mine". The gold found in these mines are also the origin of the name "Gold Coast", which was the name of what is now Ghana, when it was a British Colony.
Dutch Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.08598° or 5° 5′ 10″ northLongitude
-1.35305° or 1° 21′ 11″ westOpen location code
6CQW3JPW+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 442357518OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q12056790
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Dutch Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “荷兰公墓”
- German: “Niederländischer Friedhof Elmina”
- German: “Niederländischer Friedhof in Elmina”
- Hausa: “Makabartar Mutanen Holland, Elmina”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Holandês de Elmina”
- Spanish: “Cementerio holandes de Elmina”
- Spanish: “Cementerio holandés de Elmina”
- Spanish: “Cementerio neerlandés de Elmina”
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