Talking Gravestones of Amrum
The Talking Gravestones of Amrum, also known as the Story-telling Gravestones, are historic artifacts on the German island of Amrum, one of the North Frisian Islands off the west coast of the Jutland Peninsula. They stand in a legally protected section of the St. Clemens Church cemetery in the village of Nebel. The gravestones, totaling 152, are inscribed with sometimes detailed accounts of the occupations, life histories, social rank and families of the deceased. The best-known gravestone is for Hark Olufs, an early 18th-century seafarer and folk hero. Similar objects can be found at the neighbouring island Föhr.
Talking Gravestones at St. Clemens Church, in Nebel on Amrum Island, Germany
Gravestone of Hark Olufs – front side
Various types of ships are depicted.
Gravestone of miller Erk Knudten
Amrum is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and has approximately 2,300 inhabitants.
Aerial view of Amrum
The Kniepsand beach
Amrum lighthouse
Amrum wind mill (2018)