Memorial or cemetery · 1774
Kopli cemetery
Today Kopli park shows almost no trace of what it was: from 1774 the main burial ground of Tallinn's Baltic Germans, with sections for the St Nicholas and St Olaf parishes, founded after Catherine the Great banned burials in churches. For 170 years nearly every Baltic German who died in the city was buried here. In the early 1950s, when Kopli became a closed Soviet military zone, the whole cemetery was flattened and its gravestones were used for harbour walls and pavements elsewhere in town. The St George chapel of 1936 on the grounds was restored in 2022.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tänases Kopli pargis pole peaaegu ühtki märki sellest, mis siin kunagi oli: alates 1774. aastast Tallinna baltisakslaste peamine kalmistu, millel olid Niguliste ja Oleviste koguduse osad ning mis rajati pärast seda, kui Katariina II keelas kirikutesse matmise. 170 aasta jooksul maeti siia peaaegu kõik linnas surnud baltisakslased. 1950. aastate algul, kui Koplist sai suletud nõukogude sõjaväeala, tasandati kogu kalmistu ja hauakive kasutati mujal linnas sadamamüüride ja kõnniteede ehitamiseks. Kalmistul asunud 1936. aasta Püha Jüri kabel taastati 2022. aastal.