Our Saviour's Cemetery, Copenhagen
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| Our Saviour's Cemetery | |
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 View from the centre of the cemetery, looking north | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1790 |
| Location | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°39′54″N 12°36′3″E / 55.66500°N 12.60083°E |
| Size | ? |
| Website | Official website  |
| Find a Grave | Our Saviour's Cemetery |
Our Saviour's Cemetery (Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirkegård) is located at the corner of Amagerbrogade and Prags Boulevard in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Our Saviour's Church was originally surrounded by a graveyard.
The current Our Saviour's Cemetery was established in 1790 since the existing cemeteries in Christianshavn were no longer able to cope with the number of burials. In 1853, as a consequence of the 1853 Copenhagen Cholera Outbreak, all inner city burials were prohibited.[1]
Design
The brick wall that surrounds the cemetery dates from 1927. A new administration building was inaugurated in 2011. The cemetery was refurbished in 2015. A cobbled area surrounded by benches was established in the centre of the cemetery where its two principal avenues cross each other.
