Hajongard cemetery

Hajongard cemetery (officially Central Cemetery, in Hungarian Házsongárdi temető, from German Hasengarten), on Avram Iancu Street, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, founded in the sixteenth century. It is one of the most picturesque sights of the city. It covers an area of approximately 14 hectares (35 acres).

Notable interments

Ion Agârbiceanu (1882–1963), writer, journalist, politician, academician and archpriest
János Apáczai Csere (1625–1659), humanist scholar
Gheorghe Avramescu (1884–1945), Lieutenant General during World War II
Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950), writer, illustrator, scenographer and foreign minister of Hungary
Matei Boilă (1926–2015), politician and priest
Sámuel Brassai (1797–1897), linguist and teacher
Nicolae Bretan (1887–1968), opera composer, baritone, conductor, and music critic
Constantin Daicoviciu (1898–1973), historian, archaeologist, professor, and communist politician
Aurel Ciupe (1900–1985), painter
Doina Cornea (1929–2018), human rights activist and French language professor
Gheorghe Dima [ro] (1847–1925), composer, conductor, and teacher
Jenő Dsida (1907–1938), Hungarian poet, editor, translator
Iuliu Hațieganu (1885–1959), physician
Emil Isac (1886–1954), poet and literary critic
Jenő Janovics (1872–1945), actor, scenarist, and director
Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
Adrian Marino [ro] (1921–2005), essayist, critic, historian, and literary theorist
Lajos Martin (1827–1897), mathematician and engineer
Imre Mikó (1805–1876), governor of Transylvania
John Paget (1808–1892), English agriculturist and author on Hungary
Tiberiu Popoviciu (1906–1975), mathematician
Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), savant, explorer, and founder of biospeleology
Sándor Reményik (1890–1941), poet
Raluca Ripan (1894–1972), chemist

External links

Hajongard cemetery at Find a Grave

46.7800°N 23.5594°E / 46.7800; 23.5594

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