15. Cemetery wall
The Josephine Law stipulated that cemeteries had to be enclosed. The method of fencing was dependent on the financial capacity of a parish. Ptuj City Municipality enclosed the cemetery with a high brick wall. Tombs were leaned against the wall, while the wall itself supported tombstones and monuments. The cemetery wall had several entrances. The main entrance was from the direction of the city along the Grajena stream (today's Tiha pot). The main entrance to the cemetery was closed by the large iron-forged gate. Another smaller auxiliary gate led to Rabelčja vas. At the time of the cemetery’s expansion, the entrance from Volkmerjeva Street was built outside the existing wall.
When in 1860 the Evangelical municipality of Ptuj purchased a plot alongside the city cemetery, they demarcated their cemetery with a special entrance with a beautiful forged gate, the same height as the gate at the main entrance.
During World War II, the Germans used to shoot hostages on the outer side, right next to the gate that opens towards Rabelčja vas. The shooting holes in the wall are still visible.
