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  Association Significant Cemeteries Europe
In 1711 a virulent epidemic caused the death of one third of the inhabitants of Copenhagen.
As the city's cemeteries could not possibly cope with the resulting demand for burial plots, five new cemeteries were laid out, as a temporary solution.
This emergency led to proposals to establish a lager cemetery outside the city boundaries.
www.significantcemeteries.net /significant/copenhagen/Intro.html   (229 words)

  
 Copenhagen on a Shoestring
During summer the cemetery is used as a park and the inhabitants of Nørrebro go for walks or play with their children, students study for their exams, while others simply find their way to a quiet corner in the sun or in the shade of one of the many rare species of trees.
Assistens Cemetery was founded around 1760 because the cemeteries inside the city ramparts were becoming overcrowded.
It was planned as a cemetery for the poor, but in the latter part of the 18th century it became fashionable to bury the rich and famous here.
www.linkdenmark.com /info/shoestring.htm   (3903 words)

  
 Anonymization.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He never quite recovered, but he lived until the August 4, 1875, dying [4] very peacefully in a house called Rolighed (literally: calmness), near Copenhagen.
His body was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen.
At the time of his death, he was an internationally renowned and treasured artist.
67.18.35.242 /-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen   (1995 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Among graves in the oldest part of the cemetery are those of the writer Hans Christian Andersen, the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the painters Christen Købke and C.W. Eckersberg.
Excursions to the cemetery during the Golden Age were popular with the ordinary citizens and were sometimes rather colourful.
The gravediggers, who lived on land belonging to the cemetery, were to prevent the occurrence of noisy parties, which might well be accompanied by everything from cheerful musicians to grazing cattle.
www.uri.edu /library/staff_pages/teliha/pix-temp/Denmark_tips.txt   (19593 words)

  
 Halifax BIII DT520 crashed in the sea off Langeland on 1/10-1942   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gourlay was laid to rest in Svinø cemetery on 7/10-1942.
On 13/10 the coffin was collected by Unteroffizier Martinsen of the Wehrmacht and brought to Odense where Moore was laid to rest in Odense Assistens Cemetery on 14/10-1942.
Smythson was laid to rest in Odense Assistens cemetery on 23/10-1942.
www.flensted.eu.com /194263.shtml   (480 words)

  
 Copenhagen Portal - Søren Kierkegaard - Final Resting Place in Copenhagen
The family grave in the Assistens cemetery in Copenhagen.
by bus 5A from the Town Hall Square to Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen.
Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher and religious thinker who wrote literary and philosophical essays that reacted against Hegelian philosophy (George Friedrich Hegel) and the state church in Denmark, setting the stage for modern existentialism.
copenhagenet.dk /CPH-SAK.htm   (382 words)

  
 Soren Kierkegaard
He is buried in the Assistens cemetery in north-west Copenhagen.
On his gravestone in the family plot, it is written: "It is very little time that I have gained, then is the whole struggle vanished at once, and I can rest in halls of roses and endlessly talk to my Jesus." There is a strange dialogue between us and such places.
Grondahl, who came with me to the cemetery, called it a "literature of the moment", our way of speaking to the dead: we imagined that Kierkegaard was watching us, because we had taken pains to go on a rainy afternoon.
jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/4590.htm   (1573 words)

  
 August Bournonville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A considerable international interest for Bournonville has thereby made itself felt.
On his passing in 1879, August Bournonville was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.
This page was last modified 04:42, 1 December 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/August_Bournonville   (228 words)

  
 Copenhagen:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Assistens churchyard is Copenhagen's biggest cemetery, planned in 1757 as a relief for many smaller churchyards located inside the moats that were getting full.
It was originally thought of as a churchyard for the poor.
The park is open for access from sunrise to sunset.
www.getours.com /detail.html?detailID=73933   (103 words)

  
 Copenhagen - Hans Christian Andersen - Final Resting Place in Copenhagen
The famous Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen's final resting place is in Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen at section P no. 32.
Hans Christian Andersen is buried at Assistens Cemetery (Kirkegård) in Copenhagen in a burial plot he originally shared with his friend, Edvard Collin, and Collin's wife, Henriette.
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and stories (about 190 in all, written 1835-1872) are addressed to both adults and children and are stylistically and thematically deeply original.
copenhagenet.dk /CPH-HCA.htm   (457 words)

  
 Canadian_War_Graves_In_Denmark
ASSENS (FYN) NEW CEMETERY 5 Douglas and Gladys Hay
NYBORG NEW CEMETERY 1 Douglas and Gladys Hay
ODENSE (ASSISTENS) CEMETERY 3 Douglas and Gladys Hay
www.mapleleaflegacy.ca /mllpoct2000website/denmark.html   (224 words)

  
 Hampden I AE148 crashed Sanderum 11/12-1941
During the evening the remains of Sgt Lynn Harding and Sgt Samuel Jamieson were found in the field while the remains of Pilot P/O William Francis Hull RCAF and Sgt Duncan Luin Todd RNZAF were found in the wreck the next day.
They were laid to rest in Odense Assistens Cemetery on 15/12-1941 at 09:00.
The graveside ceremony was performed by a German Field priest and no Danes except Mayor Werner, Vice Mayor Christensen and Head of Police Seldorf were allowed to enter the cemetery while this was done.
www.flensted.eu.com /194130.shtml   (169 words)

  
 Untitled Document
It has tightly packed housing, an ethnically mixed neighborhood that is not well integrated, and is considered the least safe district of Copenhagen.
This district is also home to two historic cemeteries.
Mosaik Kirkegard is the Jewish cemetery, and Assistens Kirkegard is the cemetery where Hans Christian Andersen is buried.
www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/rclark/norrebroandosterbro.html   (137 words)

  
 Local Facts about Denmark (DK), Copenhagen (CPH)
Andersen is buried in Assistens Cemetery, Kapelvej, Nørrebro.
Copenhagen's medieval downtown inner city is a veritable maze of pedestrian streets located in a triangular area, between the Town Hall to the west, Kongens Nytorv to the east and Nørreport Station to the north, formed by turn of the century.
Andersen er begravet på Assistens Kirkegård, Kapelvej, Nørrebro.
www2.danbbs.dk /~erikoest/cph_info.htm   (4391 words)

  
 Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
The latter may sound a little twee but makes up for that with the dubious distinction of being Europe's most vandalised statue, having been variously beheaded and attacked with explosives.
Hans Christian Andersen's grave at Assistens cemetery is a popular destination for visitors and locals alike.
In fact in the summer the cemetery as a whole is a popular location for picnics and topless bathing.
www.finextra.com /sibosonline/finmisc.asp?id=34   (443 words)

  
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 In the footsteps of Andersen Copenhagen - Official tourist-site about Copenhagen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Later in life he celebrated this date as his "second birthday", and he lived practically his entire life in the Capital, only interrupted by his journeys abroad and visits as a house guest to manor houses throughout Denmark.
He died in Copenhagen and lies buried in Assistens Kirkegård in Nørrebro.
In grave 31 on Assistens Kirkegård he found his final resting place (entrance from Kapelvej), originally next to Edvard and Henriette Colin.
www.visitcopenhagen.dk /show.asp?id=747   (2463 words)

  
 Søren Kierkegaard -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In either case, both works critiqued major figures in Western philosophic thought (Socrates in the former and Hegel in the latter), showcased Kierkegaard's unique style of writing, and displayed a maturity in writing from his works of youth.
He was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.
At Kierkegaard's funeral, his nephew Henrik Lund caused a disturbance by protesting that Kierkegaard was being buried by the official church even though in his life he had broken from and denounced it.
www.psychcentral.com /psypsych/S%c3%b8ren_Kierkegaard   (5121 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Fact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In the summer, people use the grounds as a park, and Lin got interested in the way the space had been integrated into the life of the city.
Constitution Gardens was empty that day except for a few Frisbee players, and she says that the solution simply popped into her head: she would cut into the earth and, in effect, polish it.
It may be that the Frisbee players reminded her of the Copenhagen cemetery she had studied, for her memorial is, essentially, a gravestone in a park.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content?020708fa_fact1   (6957 words)

  
 Boston.com / Travel / Destinations / Europe / 'Hygge' heaven
The layers of buttery, flaky pastry, however, put to shame what we get at home.
After breakfast, we wandered through the historic cemetery, Assistens Kirkegaard, where famous Danes such as Hans Christian Andersen, Soren Kierkegaard, and Niels Bohr are buried.
Assistens Kirkegaard is a pretty lively place -- it's used by locals as a park, with plenty of people sunbathing and picnicking on a nice day.
www.boston.com /travel/getaways/europe/articles/2003/09/28/hygge_heaven?pg=3   (1133 words)

  
 Blogger: Email Post to a Friend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tussaud's was every bit the tourist trap that I expected it to be.
I'm pleased to report that Kierkegaard's tomb attracted several visitors during our sojourn at the Assistens Cemetery, about as many as were wandering about Tussaud's.
Keeping in mind Kierkegaard's observation that "Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it," Ira and I lingered long enough at Assistens to savor a Carl's Dark and a Carl's Porter respectively.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=6796666&postID=112117152258706053   (354 words)

  
 Fodors Destination Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
You can enjoy light meals in the atrium café, sitting amid the current exhibits.
This peaceful, leafy cemetery in the heart of Nørrebro is the final resting place of numerous great Danes, including Søren Kierkegaard (whose last name means "church garden," or "cemetery"), Hans Christian Andersen, and physicist Niels Bohr.
In the summer, the cemetery takes on a cheerful, city-park air as picnicking families, young couples, and sunbathers relax on the sloping lawns amid the dearly departed.
marriott.com /property/fodors.mi?section=sights&city=Copenhagen   (2245 words)

  
 South African Flemmer Family
She was buried from the Helliggeist (Holy Ghost) Church and buried at Assistens Cemetery.
Like his wife he was buried at Assistens Cemetry from the Helliggeist Church.
Moving with what today may be considered indecent haste, the probate commission met at the house on the day of death, 27th April 1807.
www.flemmerfamily.co.za /NaestedDanish.html   (3788 words)

  
 D. Anthony Storm's Commentary On Kierkegaard - A Biography of Kierkegaard
Peter's sermon was very tactfully calculated to allay the animosity of the crowd, and all went quietly.
At the cemetery things did not go so smoothly.
Henrik Lund claimed the right to speak, not merely as a nephew, but as one who was closely related to the deceased by sympathy with his thought.
sorenkierkegaard.org /biograph.htm   (3280 words)

  
 "Assistens kirkegården" (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Plot Outline: A two-episode guide to the historical cemetery Assistens Kirkegård in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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 2001 IKN Other
In Kristeligt Dagblad 31.7.2001(Kultur - series 'Mellem Taks og Tuja') there is an article by Rikke Rottensten about Assistens Cemetery: "De dødes rige - de levendes park".
The author reports in the article that in 2000 the gravestone of Regine Olsen (Schlegel) and her family were stolen from the cemetery.
For those doing research concerning Regine and her family, the following information may be helpful.
www.stolaf.edu /collections/kierkegaard/watkin/newsletters/2001/01other.html   (1138 words)

  
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 Simon Ho's Archived Photo Blog (2005)
I think I managed to see the major tourist attractions (Statue of the Little Mermaid, Tivoli Gardens, Christiansborg, Royal Palace, and Nyhavn).
I also visited Assistens Cemetery, where many famous Danes are buried, including Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, Hans Christian Ørsted, and Søren Kierkegaard.
Photos can be viewed in the Denmark photo gallery; four of the best photos are shown below (clockwise from top left: the symbolic Little Mermaid statue; the famous colourful buildings at Nyhavn; Kronborg Castle, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet; and lights in Tivoli Gardens):
www.simonho.org /Old_Blog05.htm   (910 words)

  
 Top Leda Hotel: Facilities and attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
From Nørrebro train station, you have a direct connection, via Hellerup, to the Airport and vice versa.
Within walking distance of the hotel, you will find several appealing attractions, for instance, Grundvigs Church as well as the Assistens Cemetery where Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen are buried.
Close to Top Leda Hotel, the new Nørrebro Mall offers excellent shopping prospects.
hotellist.m-p.dk /leda/faciliteter.html   (161 words)

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