St. Barbara Cemetery
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St. Barbara Cemetery

Also known as Haarlem Sint-Barbarabegraafplaats

Haarlem, Haarlem Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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    Haarlem, Noord-Holland, 2023 TT Netherlands
    Coordinates: 52.39882, 4.64374
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St. Barbara Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery named for the patron saint for those who die a sudden, unexpected death. Prior to the opening of this cemetery, people of the Roman Catholic faith from three parishes were buried at the General Cemetery in a Roman Catholic section. The cemetery was inaugurated on November 2, 1892 with 20,000 square feet of land, yet there were burials here sixty years earlier. Directly behind the gates at the entrance of the cemetery, a highly decorated Neo-Gothic chapel is situated, which was restored in 1956. In November of 2002, an urn wall for cremated ashes was made available in the chapel. Grave sites for priests are located directly behind the chapel. A worship service is held weekly in the chapel. The grave monuments are impressive works of art with upright crosses and five-feet tall statutes of angels as well as slabs of various colored granite. The garden-like grounds are well-kept. With many having unreadable inscriptions, the older graves are located at the front of the cemetery with more modern grave markers in the back of the cemetery. There are gravel paths throughout the cemetery, which makes a muddy walk when it rains. In the 1950s trees were removed to make room for more grave sites as the cemetery was full. The cemetery is located in a residential community. There is an online 1942 survey of this cemetery, which was recently updated to show 3,896 persons buried in the cemetery. Today, the cemetery is nearly 164,000 square feet in area. Some grave sites were rented for a certain amount of years, hence there may not be evidence of an actual burial on the grounds.
St. Barbara Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery named for the patron saint for those who die a sudden, unexpected death. Prior to the opening of this cemetery, people of the Roman Catholic faith from three parishes were buried at the General Cemetery in a Roman Catholic section. The cemetery was inaugurated on November 2, 1892 with 20,000 square feet of land, yet there were burials here sixty years earlier. Directly behind the gates at the entrance of the cemetery, a highly decorated Neo-Gothic chapel is situated, which was restored in 1956. In November of 2002, an urn wall for cremated ashes was made available in the chapel. Grave sites for priests are located directly behind the chapel. A worship service is held weekly in the chapel. The grave monuments are impressive works of art with upright crosses and five-feet tall statutes of angels as well as slabs of various colored granite. The garden-like grounds are well-kept. With many having unreadable inscriptions, the older graves are located at the front of the cemetery with more modern grave markers in the back of the cemetery. There are gravel paths throughout the cemetery, which makes a muddy walk when it rains. In the 1950s trees were removed to make room for more grave sites as the cemetery was full. The cemetery is located in a residential community. There is an online 1942 survey of this cemetery, which was recently updated to show 3,896 persons buried in the cemetery. Today, the cemetery is nearly 164,000 square feet in area. Some grave sites were rented for a certain amount of years, hence there may not be evidence of an actual burial on the grounds.

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