Schoonselhof cemetery

Cemetery in Antwerp, Belgium

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View on a part of the cemetery
Castle Schoonselhof
Tomb of Hendrik Conscience
Coquilhat tomb

Schoonselhof Cemetery (Antwerpen Schoonselhof) is located in Hoboken, Antwerp, a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium.

Schoonselhof Cemetery has an islamic and Jewish section.

There is also a Commonwealth war graves plot containing the graves of 1,557 British Commonwealth service personnel who died in the World Wars, 101 from World War I and 1,455 from World War II, besides 16 Polish and 1 French war burial, a United States airman attached to the British Royal Air Force, and 16 non-war graves, mainly of merchant seamen. The plot was laid out by Principal Architect of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Philip Hepworth.[1]

The cemetery was mentioned in the TV show GRIMM, Episode 14 of Season 1.

Notable interments

  • Roger Avermaete (1893–1988), author
  • Lode Baekelmans [nl] (1879–1965), writer
  • Désiré Beaurain (1881–1963), Olympic fencer
  • Peter Benoit (1834–1901), composer
  • Pierre Bruno Bourla (1783–1866), architect
  • Gaston Burssens (1896–1965), writer
  • Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883), writer
  • Jan Cox (1919–1980), painter
  • Henri De Braekeleer (1840–1888), artist
  • Herman De Coninck (1944–1997), writer and journalist
  • Willem Elsschot (1882–1960), author
  • Vic Gentils [nl] (1919–1997), artist and sculptor
  • Marnix Gijsen (1899–1984), writer

References

  1. ^ CWGC: Schoonselhof Cemetery

External links

Media related to Schoonselhof at Wikimedia Commons

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