Category:Grave Köpcke Hamburg-Ohlsdorf

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Sandstone grave monument (1810) for Hamburg merchant Jacob Köpcke (1735-1810) in cemetery area Grabmal-Freilichtmuseum Heckengarten, Hamburg Friedhof Ohlsdorf. Sculptor unkown, perhaps Schlupf (neighbour of Jacob Köpcke).
For details and inscription see Eberhard Kändler: Begräbnishain und Gruft – Arbeitsheft zur Denkmalspflege in Hamburg, Nr. 17, Verlag Christians, vol. 2, p. 132 and Barbara Leisner, Heiko K. L. Schulze, Ellen Thormann: Der Hamburger Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf. Geschichte und Grabmäler., Verlag Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, p. 22, Kat. 59.

This is the eldest sculpture gravestone at this cemetery, moved from one of the ancient Hamburg burial grounds. For details see Barbara Leisner, Heiko K. L. Schulze, Ellen Thormann: Der Hamburger Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf. Geschichte und Grabmäler, vol 1, p. 128.

According to an article of August 2019 by Förderkreis Ohlsdorfer Friedhof this grave monument „of historical value“ will be restored and preserved shortly, financed by donations.

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