Assistens Cemetery ( da, Assistens Kirkegård) is the name of a number of cemeteries in
Denmark
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. The common nominator is, as the first part of the name implies (Latin: ''assistens'' meaning assisting), an assisting cemetery for a town's churches. Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries were becoming increasingly unacceptable. Not only was the space becoming limited but it was also deemed unhygienic to conduct burial in the inner-city. The solution was to erect shared cemeteries in the outskirt of a town, named Assisting Cemetery, primarily in larger towns. The first of these in
Nørrebro
Nørrebro (, ) is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate (''Nørreport''), which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, was founded by royal resolution on May 26, 1757, and inaugurated November 6, 1760.
Many of the cemeteries original founded in the outskirt of a town, now once again find themselves surrounded by the town, as it has grown over the years.
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Birkerød
Birkerød () is a town in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is surrounded by several lakes and small woodlands. Birkerød station is located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train suburban network.
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Fredericia)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Haderslev)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, founded 1757, inaugurated 1760)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Køge
Køge (, older spelling ''Kjøge'') is a seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt (''Bay of Køge'') 39 km southwest of Copenhagen. It is the principal town and seat of Køge Municipality, Region Sjælland, Denmark. In 2022, the urban area had a p ...
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Lyngby)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Nyborg)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Odense, inaugurated 1811)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Skagen, inaugurated 1884)
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Assistens Kirkegård (
Svendborg)
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Assistens Ny Kirkegård (
Nørresundby)
Cemeteries in Denmark
Lutheran cemeteries
Parks in Copenhagen
Tourist attractions in Denmark
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