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Assistens Cemetery
An Assistens Cemetery (Danish: assistenskirkegård) is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often associated with a city church.
By the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities considered the conditions for inner-city cemeteries increasingly unacceptable. Space was becoming limited, and it was also deemed unhygienic to conduct burials in the inner-city. The solution was to erect shared cemeteries in the outskirts of a town, named Assisting Cemetery, primarily in larger towns. The first of these in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, was founded by royal resolution on May 26, 1757, and inaugurated November 6, 1760.[citation needed]
Many of the cemeteries originally founded on the outskirts of a town now find themselves once again surrounded by the town due to urban growth.
Assistens Kirkegård has become the name of a number of cemeteries in Denmark:
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Assistens Cemetery
An Assistens Cemetery (Danish: assistenskirkegård) is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often associated with a city church.
By the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities considered the conditions for inner-city cemeteries increasingly unacceptable. Space was becoming limited, and it was also deemed unhygienic to conduct burials in the inner-city. The solution was to erect shared cemeteries in the outskirts of a town, named Assisting Cemetery, primarily in larger towns. The first of these in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, was founded by royal resolution on May 26, 1757, and inaugurated November 6, 1760.[citation needed]
Many of the cemeteries originally founded on the outskirts of a town now find themselves once again surrounded by the town due to urban growth.
Assistens Kirkegård has become the name of a number of cemeteries in Denmark: