Der Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof - Die große Bilderschau von und mit Hans-Jürgen Lenhart

In the organizer's words:

Whether living room graves or wet towels, graves for stillborn babies or doors to the afterlife, Frankfurt photographer Hans-Jürgen Lenhart 's very personal photo tour of the main cemetery in Frankfurt provides a fascinating to astonishing tour that would probably take weeks to complete on site due to the size of the cemetery (70 hectares). The cemetery can look like a sculpture park. Lenhart presents masterpieces of sculpture, atmospheric, bizarre and emotional pieces in his illustrated lecture. He shows and tells stories of false death alarms and thieving foxes, unfaithful princes and mysterious crypts, graves of comic figures and funny graves. The resting places of personalities from Frankfurt's history of politics, literature, music, medicine and much more can be seen, with prominent women in particular being honored.
Of course, the history of the main cemetery, the most important buildings, the affiliated Jewish cemeteries and the symbolism on the graves are also covered. A number of communal and memorial graves for victims of wars, disasters, illnesses or dictatorships are also presented. Lenhart also explains how graves worthy of preservation are protected. Many of the impressive gravesites are threatened with disappearance, whether through decay, expiry of the right of use or, in particular, vandalism.

Admission Box Office 8 €, with Kulturpass Frankfurt: 1 €