Cemetery in Krumbach

Part of the redesign of the public spaces in the center of the village of Krumbach also included the new positioning of the war memorial and the concept of a new entrance with a cemetery wall adjacent to the local church. The walls delineating the boundaries of the cemetery to the north and east of the church are made of broken and cut limestone quarried in the Bregenz forest. The reinforced walking paths are resolved with gravel and the height differences are bridged by stairs with risers made of corten steel. A part of the surrounding wall with a view of the landscape forms an urn grove made of exposed concrete, in which twenty square openings filled with colored glass are omitted, reminiscent of church stained glass windows. The colorful composition and short texts on the glass panels are the work of artist Manfred Egender. In the glass openings, memories of the deceased are preserved. The urn itself is buried in the ground in front of the urn wall. A short stone wall has also been built around the mortuary behind the church.
Previously, the old and new parts of the cemetery were distinguished both in height and visually. Now, both parts of the cemetery are connected into a single dignified whole. In the church square in front of the entrance to the cemetery stands a tall cross commemorating the battlefield and the names of fallen fellow citizens in both world wars. The stone wall separating the cemetery from the square also conceals a place for water collection for irrigation and a niche for a waste container. The wall does not present any fortification due to its height, and those approaching can easily overlook into the cemetery section.