Friedhof Huckelriede, Protected cultural heritage cemetery in Neustadt, Bremen, Germany.
Friedhof Huckelriede is a 27.1-hectare park and lawn cemetery in Bremen's Neustadt, laid out from 1948 to 1956 to designs by garden director Erich Ahlers. Its western centre holds concrete buildings from the 1960s by Gerhard Müller-Menckens: entrance, hall, chapel and crematorium, with a glazed chapel of 1969. Sculptor Paul Halbhuber contributed a bronze fountain (1960) and nine stone stelae (1968).
The cemetery was founded in 1956 with grounds elevated using material extracted from the adjacent Werdersee lake during construction. This earth-moving project was part of the post-war transformation of the surrounding area.
The main entrance has a bronze portal by Hamburg sculptor Klaus Lucky, and the entrance bay (Erker) carries 25 reliefs and a crowning sculpture by Gerhart Schreiter. Inside, a 1960 bronze fountain sculpture and nine stone stelae of the "Stilles Feld" (1968) are by Bremen sculptor Paul Halbhuber. The crematorium and halls were built in the 1960s to designs by Gerhard Müller-Menckens.
The cemetery is located at Habenhauser Landstrasse 70 with parking at the main entrance and is easily accessible by road. Visitors can explore the expansive grounds on foot, with paths leading through different areas and varied surroundings.
The grounds were artificially elevated during construction, creating an unusual topography that distinctly shaped the adjacent lake and river lowlands. This result of a major earthwork project remains visible today as a subtle landform that defines the relationship between the cemetery and the water.
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