Assistentkirkegaarden
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Assistentkirkegaarden

Also known as Assistant Cemetery

Bergen, Bergen kommune, Hordaland fylke, Norway

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    Bergen, Bergen kommune, Hordaland fylke Norway
    Coordinates: 60.39036, 5.33600
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The Assistant Cemetery Assistentkirkegården (originally Korskirkens Assistentkirkegård) was taken into use in 1837 and extends over 12.7 acres. Parts of the cemetery are located on a protected medieval plot. Located below Stadsporten and Kalfarveien, and originally the cemetery had a "shoreline" towards Store Lungegårdsvann. After filling in Store Lungegårdsvann, the cemetery is today delimited by NSB's property At the place where the Assistant Cemetery was built, there had originally been a gathering place where a "bowling ball" was played every Monday. During the preparation of the cemetery, a whale skeleton was found from the time when there was a seabed in Alrekstadvågen. This skeleton is today in the Natural History Collections, UiB During the cholera epidemic in 1848-49, the cemetery was expanded, but did not get its final design until around 1860. Ole Bull is buried here, with a central location in the area The Eidsvoll man Fredrik Meltzer (1779-1855) is buried in Assistenkirkegården. He worked as a merchant in Bergen. The Norwegian flag got its current appearance in 1821 after a proposal from Fredrik Meltzer The assistant cemetery was taken out of active use as a burial ground in 1919, but from time to time an urn is still placed in attached graves. No new graves will be allocated.
The Assistant Cemetery Assistentkirkegården (originally Korskirkens Assistentkirkegård) was taken into use in 1837 and extends over 12.7 acres. Parts of the cemetery are located on a protected medieval plot. Located below Stadsporten and Kalfarveien, and originally the cemetery had a "shoreline" towards Store Lungegårdsvann. After filling in Store Lungegårdsvann, the cemetery is today delimited by NSB's property At the place where the Assistant Cemetery was built, there had originally been a gathering place where a "bowling ball" was played every Monday. During the preparation of the cemetery, a whale skeleton was found from the time when there was a seabed in Alrekstadvågen. This skeleton is today in the Natural History Collections, UiB During the cholera epidemic in 1848-49, the cemetery was expanded, but did not get its final design until around 1860. Ole Bull is buried here, with a central location in the area The Eidsvoll man Fredrik Meltzer (1779-1855) is buried in Assistenkirkegården. He worked as a merchant in Bergen. The Norwegian flag got its current appearance in 1821 after a proposal from Fredrik Meltzer The assistant cemetery was taken out of active use as a burial ground in 1919, but from time to time an urn is still placed in attached graves. No new graves will be allocated.

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  • Added: 30 Jan 2005
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2134336