- Address: Zürichbergstrasse 189, 8044 Zürich
- Phone: +41 44 251 87 00
- Buried: James Joyce, Elias Canetti, Teresa Gize, Anita Augsburg
To get to know Switzerland more closely, it is not enough to study the history of the country, the architecture of its cities, to visit popular museums and exhibitions - if you want to know the country from the inside, to understand it, then you should go to the cemetery - a place of peace and love. The main cemetery of Zurich is the Fluntern cemetery, about which our story will go.
What is famous for the Fluntern cemetery?
The Fluntern cemetery is on its way from the city to the Zurich forest. Here, on an area of 33 square meters, the most famous personalities of Switzerland are buried, among them: Nobel laureates (Elias Canetti - literature, Paul Carrer - chemistry, Leopold Ruzicka - chemistry), doctors and scientists (Emil Abdergalden - doctor, Edward Ozenbruggen - lawyer, Leopold Sondi - psychologist and psychiatrist and many others), people of creative professions (Ernst Ginsberg - director, Maria Lafater-Sloman - writer, Teresa Giese - actress), Swiss President - Albert Meyer and many other celebrities. It has become a place of pilgrimage for tourists, many people visit the Fluntern Cemetery in Zurich every year to honor the memory of the dead.
This place became widely known after the funeral of the famous Irish writer James Jones, whose pen contains many novels, including the famous "Ullis", which is considered the apogee of modernism in the literature of the 20th century. The grave of the writer is easy to find by the original monument and by the path traversed by admirers. Worthy of attention and family graves, which decorate sculptural compositions and well-kept flower beds. There is also a small chamber chapel in the Fluntern cemetery, and a special pavilion has been built for the visitors' rest.
How to get there?
You can get to the Fluntern cemetery by tram, following the route number 6, the necessary stop is of the same name. A reference point can serve as a zoo , which is in the immediate vicinity of the cemetery.
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