Intangible heritage cemetery culture - New cemetery as a lighthouse project
The New Cemetery in Offenbach is one of the first 100 German cemeteries to be designated as lighthouse projects with the title "Intangible Heritage Cemetery Culture".
The marking refers to the decision of the Conference of Ministers of Culture, which included cemetery culture in the nationwide list of intangible cultural heritage on March 13, 2020. This was lost in the midst of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, but now attention is to be drawn to this title once again nationwide around Cemetery Day.
What people do in the cemetery has been named Intangible Cultural Heritage: mourning, remembering and honoring as well as shaping, caring for and developing. The New Cemetery in Offenbach - like all other cemeteries - forms the cultural space in which this form of culture unfolds: powerful, lively and identity-forming.
Offenbach's cemetery administration is a lighthouse partner of a nationwide campaign in which 300 cemeteries in 125 cities are designated as cultural spaces. A sign at the New Cemetery also points this out.
September 14, 2020
Cemetery administration
Friedhofsverwaltung
Mühlheimer Straße 425
63075 Offenbach
Notes on accessibility
Disabled parking spaces available
Notes on accessibility
Further information
Visitor parking lot in Ulmenstraße
Opening hours
The cemeteries are open as follows:
November through February:
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 8.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
March and October:
Monday-Friday: 7.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 8.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
April to September:
Monday-Friday: 7.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 7.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.