Krematorium Sihlfeld D, Crematorium in Sihlfeld Cemetery, Switzerland.

Krematorium Sihlfeld D is a monumental crematorium building in Zurich's Sihlfeld Cemetery, reached by a chestnut avenue from a freestanding arch at the Albisriederstrasse entrance. Two sphinxes by Hans Markwalder guard the portal, and a reception courtyard with a water basin leads to the entrance stairway. The square mourning hall is topped by a flat dome, with a portico on four pillars and a catafalque flanked by two alabaster bowls.

Zürich took over the private Sihlfeld A crematorium in 1900 and committed to building a new one with a columbarium. Albert Froelich won the 1906 competition, but in 1911 the council moved the site northwest of the old cemetery, where Sihlfeld D was laid out from 1917. The crematorium operated from 1915 until 1992, when Nordheim replaced it; the side halls became a columbarium in 1935.

The farewell hall's walls carry ornamental paintings and sgraffito corner medallions by Werner Büchli depicting the afterlife. Above the main entrance, on a gallery, stands the 1914 organ built by Carl Theodor Kuhn of Männedorf with 23 stops on two manuals and pedal; Kuhn rebuilt it in 1945 with mechanical action and 25 sounding stops.

The building stands in Sihlfeld Cemetery, sector D, reached by a chestnut avenue running straight from the free-standing archway at the Albisriederstrasse entrance. Two sphinxes by Hans Markwalder guard the portal, and a reception courtyard with a water basin precedes the open stairway. The former crematorium was decommissioned in 1992 and now serves as a cemetery chapel.

The organ was built in 1914 by Carl Theodor Kuhn of Männedorf as a pneumatic organ with 23 stops on two manuals and pedal. In 1945 the same firm rebuilt it with mechanical action and a Barker machine, giving it 25 sounding stops.