An Assistens Cemetery (Danish: assistenskirkegård) is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.[1]
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries were becoming increasingly unacceptable. Not only was the space becoming limited but it was also deemed unhygienic to conduct burial in the inner-city. The solution was to erect shared cemeteries in the outskirt of a town, named Assisting Cemetery, primarily in larger towns. The first of these in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, was founded by royal resolution on May 26, 1757, and inaugurated November 6, 1760.[citation needed]
Many of the cemeteries original founded in the outskirt of a town, now once again find themselves surrounded by the town, as it has grown over the years.
Assistens Kirkegård has become the name of a number of cemeteries in Denmark:
- Assistens Kirkegård (Birkerød)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Fredericia)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Haderslev)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Copenhagen, founded 1757, inaugurated 1760)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Køge)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Lyngby)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Nyborg)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Odense, inaugurated 1811)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Skagen, inaugurated 1884)
- Assistens Kirkegård (Svendborg)
- Assistens Ny Kirkegård (Nørresundby)
References edit
- ^ Kryger, Karin (2014-05-07). "lex.dk – Den Store Danske". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
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