Randrups Gravkammer - Randers, Denmark - Mausoleums on Waymarking.com

På Nordre Kirkegård i Randers ligger et Gravkammer. Det er opført i beton og selv om det er gammelt og medtaget af vejr og vind, vidner de mange flotte detaljer man stadig kan se om den pragt det har udstrålet førhen.

Over indgangen står teksten "Randrups Gravkammer" og det er den eneste information gravkammeret afslører. Den flotte trædør er lukket og et aflåst jerngitter er sat foran døren.

Gravkammeret har ikke været åbnet i nyere tid, måske aldrig, og der findes ikke informationer på kirkegården om hvem der her ligger begravet.

Lokalhistorisk Arkiv i Randers har to mulige bud på hvem gravkammeret er hvilested for. I starten af 1920'erne havde en Læge Randrup sin lægepraksis i Middelgade. Der findes ikke megen information om ham, men man ved dog at hans bil havde nummerpladen V215. At han på det tidspunkt havde egen bil vidner om at han ikke var en ubetydelig mand.

På Lokalhistorisk Arkiv mener man dog det er mere sansynligt at gravkammeret tilhører brødrene Randrup som var de sidste til at drive transporten af gods på Gudenåen i første halvdel af 1900-tallet. Godstransporten på Gudenåen var et hårdt men lønsomt erhverv. Den eneste måde man kunne komme frem mod den kraftige strømmen var ved trækkraft. Idag kan man stadig se de gamle pramdrager stier langs åen hvor arbejderne trak de store pramme frem. Brødrene Randrup var succesfulde forretningsfolk og derfor regnes det for mest sansynligt at gravkammeret er opført som deres sidste hvilested.

At Nordre Cemetery in Randers is a mausoleum. It is made ??of concrete and although it is old and damaged by wind and weather, the many fine details you still can see, indicates the greatnes it has shown in the past.

Above the entrance is the text "Randrups Gravkammer" (Randrups Mausoleum) and this is the only information the mausoleum reveals. The decorated wooden door is closed and a locked iron gate are places in front of the door.

The mausoleum has not been opened in recent times, perhaps never, and there is no information in the cemetery archive about who is buried here.

The Local History Archive of Randers has two possible scenarios for whom the tomb is build. In the early 1920s a doctor Randrup had his medical practice in Middelgade. There is not much information about him, but we do know that his car had the number plate V215. That fact that he, in 1919, had his own car testify that he was not an insignificant man.

The Local History Archive is believes, however, it is more probable that the mausoleum belongs to the brothers Randrup who was the last to maintain the transport of goods by Gudenåen during the first years of the 1900's. Freight transport on Gudenåen was a tough but profitable profession. The only way you could move up against the strong river was by manpower. Today you can still see the old paths along the river where the workers pulled the big barges forward. The Randrup Brothers were successful businessmen and therefore it is considered most probable that the mausoleum is their final resting place.

History: See the WM description Visiting Hours/Restrictions: No access inside the mausoleum. The cemetary is open during daytime. Address: Nordre Kirkegård Nørrebrogade 94 Randers, Denmark 8930 Website: Not listed

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