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Melaten Cemetery

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    July 23, 2018

    The Melaten cemetery is the central cemetery of Cologne. The name "Melaten" is based on the French term for being ill, "malade". Since the 12th century, there was a home for leprosy patients on the grounds outside the city gates, which also included the farm Melaten. Listed as a historical monument in 1980, the Melatenfriedhof today is an attractive destination, above all because of the many celebrities buried here.

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      May 22, 2021

      The book "Melaten - Gräber Tell Stadtgeschichte" by Detlef Rick with photos by Britta Schmitz, published by Emons Verlag, ISBN 9783740813789 (this book tip is from Trixie55), offers informative reading for a walk through Cologne's Melaten cemetery.
      Addition autumn 2021: According to the publisher, there is now a completely revised new edition. The book can be ordered (to show ways away from Amazon) via the Catholic public libraries (KöB) on site or here:
      borromedien.de/produkt-1994/melaten/13230801

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        October 22, 2020

        A stroll through the Melatenfriedhof is a stroll through the history of Cologne

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