Old Cemetery (Freiburg im Breisgau)

The old cemetery (German: Alter Friedhof) in Neuburg, a district of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, covers an area of 2.65 hectares.

Built in the year of 1683, its original purpose was to replace the destroyed cemetery close to the former St. Nicholas church in the district Vauban.

Maximilian I, who was a holy Roman emperor, advised the cemetery around Freiburg Minster to be closed out of fear of an epidemic.

Paying a small contribution, under the name "zum Besten des Münsterbaus", meaning to support the construction, was necessary to obtain a grave.

It tells the story of an old blacksmith who lived near the northward city exit, approximately at the current victory monument.

His young wife and the forge journeyman she loved, killed the master smith by hitting a nail in his head.

A memorial plaque mentions that and also displays following quote: "For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end."

(Job 14,7)[7]In 2016, 40 gravestones were temporarily removed due to lack of stability and they were placed on new bases at the end of the year again.