13. Evangelical part of the cemetery
At the end of the 19th century, the citizens of Ptuj who identified as Germans were entering the Evangelical religion. Here, the immigrant officials and citizens were being buried.
In 1860, the Evangelical community, which had existed in Ptuj before that year, decided to arrange its own cemetery. On 30 March of that year, the members of the Evangelical community were invited to contribute monthly to the fond for “periodically performing the service of God” and “a dignified funeral for the poor believing Evangelicals.” On 4 August of the same year, they bought a plot in Kaniža – a meadow encompassing 525.25 square klafter (1,889.32 m2), in the immediate vicinity of the Roman Catholic city cemetery. A klafter of land cost 75 kreuzer.
On 12 October 1869, the senior command in Vienna granted the Evangelicals financial aid for the cemetery, as they proved that mostly soldiers were being buried there.
