Memorial or cemetery · 1773
Alevi Cemetery
Pärnu's Alevi cemetery was opened in 1773, then outside the town, after Catherine II banned burials in and around churches. It was first called the new churchyard in the suburb. Pastor Johann Heinrich Rosenplänter, who served St Elizabeth's congregation from 1809 to 1846, shaped it into a classicist town cemetery. In 1821 a preaching mound and a stone hall at the main entrance were added to designs by Johann Wilhelm Krause. Five of its seven burial chapels survive, including merchant Jacob Jacke's from 1779. Rosenplänter himself is buried here, as are sculptor Amandus Adamson and writer Suve Jaan. A cemetery of German soldiers killed in the Second World War was reopened here in 1993.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Pärnu Alevi kalmistu rajati 1773. aastal tollal linnast välja, pärast Katariina II edikti, millega keelati matmine kirikutesse ja nende ümbrusse. Algul kutsuti seda uueks kirikaiaks alevis. Aastatel 1809–1846 Eliisabeti koguduse pastorina teeninud Johann Heinrich Rosenplänter kujundas sellest klassitsistliku linnakalmistu. 1821. aastal rajati Johann Wilhelm Krause kavandite järgi jutlustamise küngas ja peasissepääsuna kivist surnuhall. Kalmistu seitsmest kabelist on säilinud viis, nende seas suurkaupmees Jacob Jacke 1779. aastal ehitatud kabel. Siia on maetud Rosenplänter ise, skulptor Amandus Adamson ja kirjanik Suve Jaan. Teises maailmasõjas hukkunud Saksa sõjameeste kalmistu taasavati pärast korrastamist 1993. aastal.