Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband

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Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. On the Protestant part of this cemetery J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg is buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van Aefferden is buried in the Catholic part. They were married in 1842,the lady was 22 and the colonel 33, he was a protestant and didn’t belong to the nobility.
This caused quite a commotion in Roermond. After being married for 38 years the colonel died in 1880 and was buried on the protestant part of the cemetery against the wall. His wife died in 1888 and had decided not to be buried in the family tomb but on the other side of the wall, the closest she could get to her husband. Two clasped hands connect the graves across the wall.

Location: Het Oude Kerkhof, Roermond, the Netherlands
Latitude:50.936944
Longitude:5.341667

5 comments :

  1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2014 at 5:27 PM

    Aww, that's beautiful!

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  2. ihologramFebruary 2, 2014 at 8:34 AM

    Great grave idea. Shows the idiocy of religion. But, not well composed.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2014 at 9:01 AM

    There is no segration of religions in Heaven. They are together, not separated by a wall.

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  4. Brother JohnFebruary 4, 2014 at 6:24 AM

    This is not religion. This is politics.

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  5. S. RobertsFebruary 5, 2014 at 2:48 AM

    The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten. Also their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they no longer have any share in what is done under the sun. Ec. 9:5-6

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