German Protestant Cemetery - Waldoboro, ME
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king.hubi
N 44° 05.393 W 069° 23.333
19T E 468868 N 4881929
Quick Description: A gem of Maine's coastal cemeteries with one of the oldest churches in Maine.
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2009 5:21:14 PM
Waymark Code: WM7Q0J
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Long Description:
The book
"http://books.google.com/books?id=GN9s5DkJxbIC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=german+cemetery+waldoboro&source=bl&ots=HgKZfQoZah&sig=9GcMObnRSxxY1LnPhX29Zm6eKyY&hl=de&ei=qz4HS7Y9juKUB-vxnIUE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=german%20cemetery%20waldoboro&f=false">Stones
and Bones of New England by Lisa Rogak describes this cemetery as
A Monument to Disappointment. German immigrants started to
settle in the area around 1740. They came with the idea to find a
well established community. However they only found wilderness. A
lot of them died during the harsh New England winters and by
attacks of Native Americans, now buried here in the grounds. But
with the time more and more German settlers came over and life
became easier as the town grew. The church, one of the oldest in
Maine, was build in 1772 and was also used as a meeting house. It
it also a very unique church because it has no steeple.
The oldes headstone is from 1797 and there are maybe 400 to 500
graves on the old part of the cemetery. The newer part of the
cemetery is a little bit seperated from the older part and can be
found behind the old part. The Old German Church is used for
funerals, recreation and as a museum. The cemetery is open to the
public from dawn till dusk, the church is open for a few hours on
weekend afternoons between July and August. To reach the cemetery
comming from
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldoboro,_Maine">Waldoboro just
drive south on Bremen Rd (route 32) for not more than a half mile.
The cemetery will be on your right.
A wonderful historical story of this German Protestant Cemetery can
be found in the book
"http://books.google.de/books?id=2sGNS3nSF5UC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=german+protestant+cemetery+waldoboro&source=bl&ots=04Om5JCSTz&sig=0vE8P6mCSLE0lAeWApN49K8wdZI&hl=de&ei=Wy0HS_PcI8-wlAes1u2EBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=german%20protestant%20cemetery%20waldoboro&f=false">Maine's
Coastal Cemeteries: A Historic Tour by Karen Wentworth Batignani. A
nice old post card picture from 1905 of the Old German Church can
be found in the
"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Old_German_Church%2C_Waldoboro%2C_ME.jpg">Wikipedia.
The German Church and Cemetery were added into the [U.S.]
National Register of Historic Places in 1970, NRIS Item No is
70000050.
The Name of the Cemetery: yes
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: yes
Post a Picture of the Cemetery into this Waymark gallery: yes
Approximate number of graves: yes
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