# Johannisfriedhof

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Johannisfriedhof lies west of Nuremberg’s city wall, in the St. Johannis district of Germany. Roses give the cemetery its other name, Rosenfriedhof. The protected burial ground remains in use and centres on the thirteenth-century Johannis Church. The cemetery is wheelchair accessible for visitors exploring its historic grounds.

Its origins reach back to a leper house in 1234, followed by papal approval for a burial place in 1238. The church choir dates from 1377, and its nave from 1395. Expansion followed, notably during the plague epidemic of 1562, while the Holzschuher Chapel preserves an early sixteenth-century presence. Hans Beheim the Elder is credited with the round chapel, built around 1514 for Peter Imhoff and his wife.

Bronze epitaphs cover standardized sandstone gravestones with lasting markers shaped by Nuremberg redsmiths. They record professions and activities across the city’s population. Albrecht Dürer and Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach are buried among the notable figures here. Adam Kraft’s Way of the Cross links the cemetery with Nuremberg through copies of works created between 1506 and 1508.

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## Photos

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- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Johannisfriedhof_676ed47f5de04166b2fb6b9b_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Johannisfriedhof_Albrecht_Dürer.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Johannisfriedhof_676ed47f5de04166b2fb6b9b_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Nuremberg_Johannis_Cemetery_Holzschuher_Chapel_Muentzer_f_wnw.jpg)

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