Find A Grave - Frankfurt am Main

Adorno, Theodor W. b. September 11, 1903 d. August 6, 1969
Philosopher. He wrote on Sociology and Musicology. Among his works are "The Culture Industry," "Aesthetic Teory," "Critical Models, "Philosophie der neuen Musik," "Klangfiguren," "Aspekte der Hegel'schen Philosophie," and a book about composer Gustav Mahler. His last work was "Minima Morialia." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Gewann K, Number 119
Alzheimer, Alois b. June 14, 1864 d. December 19, 1915
German Medical Pioneer. He was the physician who first reported on a patient with dementia, later termed as "Alzheimer's Disease." Born Aloysius Alzheimer in Marktbreit, Bavaria (now a part of Germany), his father served in the office of the local Notary Public. Young Alzheimer attended universities in Aschaffenburg, Tübingen, Berlin and Wuerzburg, where he received his medical degree in 1887. He began his internship working with the mentally ill, then began working for the city mental...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: renal failure
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Ehrlich, Paul b. March 14, 1854 d. August 20, 1915
Bacteriologist, physician and drug researcher. In 1908 he received the Nobel prize for medicine together with Elie Metchnikoff. 1910 he discovered the serum "Salvarsan" for the treatment of syphilis. He founded and directed an institute for medicine and serum research in Berlin that was later transferred to Frankfurt/Main and continues as the government institute "Paul Ehrlich Institut" today. His
picture is on the 200 DM note of late German currency.
Alter Jüdischer Friedhof, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Gentner-Fischer, Else b. September 5, 1883 d. April 26, 1943
Opera Singer. Based primarily at the Frankfurt Opera, she had a roughly 30-year career during which she was best known for the dramatic soprano repertoire. Raised in Frankfurt, she studied at that city's Hoch Conservatory and in 1905 made her professional debut at Mannheim; that same year, she married tenor Karl Gentner (deceased 1922). In 1907 she made her debut with the Frankfurt Opera and was to remain a fixture there until her 1935 retirement. Initially singing small parts, she gradually...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Cécile b. October 10, 1817 d. September 25, 1853
Wife of composer Felix Mendelssohn. Born Cécile Sophie Charlotte Jeanrenaud, she was the daughter of a French Protestant minister who settled in Frankfurt, Germany. She sang with Frankfurt's St. Cecilia Choir and was also a talented amateur artist. Mendelssohn met her in May 1836 during a short visit to that city, and was soon writing to his family of a young woman with "most bewitching deep blue eyes" with whom he was "dreadfully in love". He confided his feelings in one of his "Songs Without...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Jeanrenaud Family Plot
Neckermann, Josef b. June 5, 1912 d. January 13, 1992
He was the founder and owner of the very successful German mail order company Neckermann AG and also an accomplished and successful horseman and founder of the "Deutsche Sporthilfe" (German Sport Support).
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Polignac, Camille Armond Jules Marie Prince de b. February 16, 1832 d. November 15, 1913
Civil War Confederate Major General. He was a native Frenchman who served in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States. He was one of the highest ranking foreigners to serve, and had a distinguished career. He had previously served in the Crimean War (1854 to 1855), and he later commanded a division in the Franco-Prussian War (1870 to 1871). He died in Paris, but is buried with his wife's family in Germany. When he passed away, he was the last surviving Confederate Major General.
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Garten und Friedhofsamt, Hauptfreidhol Gruft #30 (large abovegroundcrypt building)
Raff, Joachim b. May 27, 1822 d. June 25, 1882
Composer. A notable exponent of German Romanticism, he created an individual style by applying Baroque contrapuntal techniques to illustrative program music. His best known works are his Symphony No. 5, "Lenore" (1872), and the popular "Cavatina" for violin and piano. Born to German parents in Lachen, Switzerland, Raff was largely self-taught in music. Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Hans von Bulow recognized his early gifts, and through the latter he formed a friendship with his idol, Franz...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Schopenhauer, Arthur b. February 22, 1788 d. September 21, 1860
German Philosopher. Considered the maximum exponent of the philosophical movement known as Irrationalism, in opposition to the logical characteristics of Hegelian thought. Graduated in Philosophy at the University of Jena, however he was interested in attending undergraduate courses in physical sciences, mathematics, chemistry, anatomy, physiology. He was an assiduous traveler and spoke fluent English and Italian language. He was good friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Richard Wagner, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Weyprecht, Karl b. September 8, 1838 d. March 31, 1881
Explorer. He discovered Franz Josef Land, an archipelago north of Russia. On this expedition (1872 to 1874), his ship was caught in the polar ice and drifted for more than a year. On August 30, 1873, he sighted Franz Josef Land and spent the next year exploring the region. He eventually abandoned his ship and, after journeying for 96 days by sledge and small boat, reached Novaya Zemlya, an archipelago south of Franz Josef Land. In 1881, he died of tuberculosis. (Bio by: ZOOT)
Friedhof Bad-Koenig, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Plot: Odenwald Hessen
Winterhalter, Franz Xavier b. April 20, 1805 d. July 8, 1873
Artist. Born in the small town of Mensenschwad in Germany's Black Forest, Winterhalter left home to study painting at the Academy of Monaco. He painted portraits for the Duke and Duchess of Baden in 1835, and his career was launched. Soon he was in high demand by the royalty and nobility of Europe and Russia. He was a favourite of Queen Victoria, for whom he created at least 120 works. He became the official portraitist for Emperor Napoleon III and the court of France, and for King Louis-...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

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