My hometown's cemeteries

Inspired by shewolfmn's thread ... and the good weather here today ... I took some photos on/at the cemeteries in my native town. (I drive there daily - it's 12 miles away from we live - to look at my mother.)

I post this in the history section - because some history related topics will occur.


First settlements in my native town have been ages ago: it's situated where a couple of sources and a pond are.

It's in the Saxonian part of Germany, in Westphalia, but the Franks have been there since the 7th century: a Frankian pottery oven was found from those days near the pond.

Real settlement started after that, first mentioned in late 8th century.
An abbey for female nobility was founded in 952.
The town got city rights in 1217.

So, inside the walls was the old parish church (which you can see behind the trees, and the extraterritory abbey - the church in the center.

Graveyards have been at both places, but were abandoned in 18th/19th century.




The pond(s) can't be seen - the statue is St. Nepomuk, the saint of the bridges, on a bridge over it. The houses in front are a kindergarten.