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).

Bethlen family chapel at Hajongard Cemetery

View of the cemetery

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
• 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 (1847 – 1925), composer, conductor and teacher
• Iuliu Hațieganu (1885 – 1959), physician
• Jenő Janovics (1872 – 1945), actor, scenarist and director
• Adrian Marino (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
• Raluca Ripan (1894 – 1972), chemist