Old St. John's Cemetery (Estonian: Vana-Jaani kalmistu) lies in the southeastern part of Raadi Cemetery in Tartu, Estonia. It was entered into the National Register of Cultural Monuments on 23 May 1997.[1]
| Old St. John's Cemetery | |
|---|---|
 Teller Chapel in Tartu Vana-Jaani Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1773 |
| Location | |
| Country | Estonia |
| Coordinates | 58°23′36″N 26°43′41″E / 58.39321°N 26.727957°E |
Following a ukase of Russian Empress Catherine II forbidding burials in churches, Old St. John's Cemetery was founded in 1773 under the ownership of St. John's Church, and formally opened on 5 November that year. It served as the burial location for St. John's German and Estonian congregations and the Tartu Russian church.[2] However, its name dates to the foundation of New St. John's Cemetery on Puiestee Street.[2]
There are several buildings of historical value in the cemetery: the family chapel of Mayor Jacob Friedrich Teller, the Rauch-Seidlitz chapel, and the Carl Klein chapel.
Notable burials
edit- Aleksander Adojaan
- Villem Alttoa
- Betti Alver (1906–1999), Estonian poet
- Endel Ani
- Ülo Arend
- Paul Ariste (1905–1990), Estonian linguist
- Lauri Aus (1970–2003), Estonian professional cyclist
- Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), Baltic German scientist and explorer
- Valeri Bezzubov
- Rem Blum
- Erdmann Gustav von Broecker
- Wilhelm Gottfried Eisenschmidt
- Henn Elmet
- Villem Ernits
- Johann Philipp Gustav Ewers (1779–1830), German legal historian and the founder of Russian legal history
- Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1778–1850), Estonian writer, medical doctor and philologist
- Harald Haberman
- August Matthias Hagen (1794–1878), Baltic German painter and graphic artis
- Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), Baltic German painter
- Traugott Hahn
- Samuel Gottlieb Rudolf Henzi (1794–1828), Swiss linguist, professor at the University of Tartu (stone removed by the Soviets)
- Kaarel Ird
- Aino Järvesoo
- Epp Kaidu
- Ants Kallikorm
- Gunnar Kangro
- Paul Kard
- Elmar Karu
- Arnold Kask
- Paul Kenkmann
- Aksel Kipper
- Johann Wilhelm Krause
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
- Fred Kudu
- Olevi Kull
- Eerik Kumari
- Grigori Kuzmin
- Kuno Kõrge
- Bernhard Eduard Otto Körber
- Valter Külvet
- Roland Laasmäe
- Leo Leesment
- Mart Lepik
- Artur Lind
- Juri Lotman
- Johannes Lükki
- Jaan Maramaa
- Otto Wilhelm Masing
- Uku Masing
- Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern
- Oleg Mutt (1920–1986), linguist and translator
- Pent Nurmekund
- Salme Nõmmik
- Uno Palm
- Harald Peep
- Urmas Petti
- Rudolf Põldmäe
- Leo Päi
- Valter Pärtelpoeg
- Richard Ritsing
- Karl August Senff
- Rudolf Säre
- Kulno Süvalep
- Evald Tordik
- Gustav Teichmüller
References
edit- ^ "4317 Tartu Vana-Jaani kalmistu" (in Estonian). National Register of Cultural Monuments. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ a b "Vana-Jaani kalmistu" (in Estonian). City of Tartu Register Office. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
External links
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