Hajongard cemetery explained

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 14ha.

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
• Matei Boilă (1926–2015), politician and priest
• 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
• (1847–1925), composer, conductor, and teacher
• Iuliu Hațieganu (1885–1959), physician
• Emil Isac (1886–1954), poet and literary critic
• Jenő Janovics (1872–1945), actor, scenarist, and director
• Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
• (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
• Sándor Reményik (1890–1941), poet
• Raluca Ripan (1894–1972), chemist