PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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The locating of the buildings upon 
the ground abutting this main street 
on the south, which part of the ceme- 
tery has not been utilized for graves, 
seems most happy. Here is the key 
to the whole situation. Here is the 
natural means of access from the city 
to the cemetery. The traffic can be 
sent up the slowly rising main street; 
the pedestrians can use the imposing 
staircase, which is barred at the top 
by a large gate. The administration 
buildings are logically placed between- 
these two means of access. 
No restrictions are placed on the 
selection of the building site, but it 
must: (1) be easy of access from the 
city; (2) require the smallest possi- 
ble changes in the cemetery grounds 
and be adapted to their topography; 
(3) take up as small a portion of 
the existing and future cemetery as 
possible; (4) leave undisturbed that 
part of the cemetery set apart for 
graves; (5) provide for the possi- 
bility of an advantageous enlarge- 
ment of the buildings; (6) fit grace- 
fully into the general plan of the 
city and be in harmony with the 
arrangement of the cemetery. 
The prizes of 4,000, 3,000 and 2,000 
marks, the Germans regarded as none 
to liberal, especially in view of the 
fact that if something creditable was 
to be achieved the co-operation of a 
building architect with a landscape 
architect was indispensable, and a 
compliance with all the terms of the 
competition necessitated a consider- 
able outlay of labor. Besides, the 
problem presented by the widely vary- 
ing ground levels was also not easy 
of solution. The additional prize 
of 1,000 marks offered by the crema- 
tion society and the standing appro- 
priation of 2,000 marks for purchas- 
ing purposes make it possible to be- 
stow prizes and bonuses on a greater 
number of designs — eight in all — than 
is usually the case in these prize com- 
petitions. 
Looking at the specifications for 
the buildings, it may be interesting 
to note that in the five groups 
(a) building for funeral ceremonies; 
(b) funeral _ hall ; (c) administration 
rooms and residence for officials; (d) 
urn-hall containing cremation oven; 
(e) accessory buildings. There were 
altogether about 140 rooms required 
The existing road which was the 
hub of the old cemetery will be 
widened pnd will serve as a means of 
approach to the main street. The 
small declivities which appear in this 
road at intervals can be removed with 
little difficulty. The main street 
runs through the entire grounds, and 
is bisected by the extensions of the 
existing principal roads. 
The new arrangement of the graves 
harmonizes fundamentally with the 
old, and despite its rigid orderliness 
permits of the most typical German 
landscape effects. 
The roads adapt themselves in their 
directions to the topography of the 
grounds. Back of the middle road, 
however, there is a level of higher 
ground. 
From the highly placed road in- 
teresting views of the neighboring low 
land can be had. 
The designer considers the general 
arrangement, the distribution of the 
graves, and a clear and interesting 
laying out of the roads, the matters of 
great importance in this project. 
The family vaults are placed along 
the wide roads. The grove contain- 
ing the urns is found in the old part 
of the cemetery. The arcades in the 
front portion of the cemetery should 
also contain urns. 
The estimate of the total cost of 
the work on this design, is: 
33,635 square meters 
of walks at 3 marks 
a square meter 100,905 marks 
9,000 square meters 
of roads and squares 
at 6 marks a square 
meter 54,000 marks 
14,800 square meters. . 
of parks in the front . .- 
portion of the cem- 
etery, at 7 marks a 
square meter 103,600 marks 
258,505 marks 
Estimated cost of 
buildings, etc 860,000 marks 
Total .1,118,505 marks 
TOPOGRAPHICAL PLAN OF PFORZHEIM CEMETERY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 
DESIGN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS IN THE 
FIRST PRIZE PLAN FOR PFORZHEIM CEMETERY. 
