Grave with the Hands
Graf met de handjes | |
The monument in 2016 | |
Interactive map of Grave with the Little Hands | |
| Location | Begraafplaats Nabij Kapel in 't Zand, Roermond, Netherlands |
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| Coordinates | 51°10′52″N 6°00′01″E / 51.18114°N 6.00014°E |
| Type | Funerary monument |
| Material | Limestone, sandstone, hardstone |
| Completion date | c. 1888 |
| Restored date | 1972, 2015–2016 |
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The Grave with the Hands (Dutch: Graf met de handjes, lit. 'Grave with the little hands') is a 19th-century funerary monument in the Dutch city of Roermond. It comprises two almost identical tombstones on either side of a wall separating the Catholic part from the Protestant part of Begraafplaats Nabij de Kapel in 't Zand (Cemetery Near the Chapel in the Sand), each with a carved arm and hand that clasps the other across the wall. The monument marks the graves of Josephina van Aefferden, a Catholic, and Jacobus van Gorkum, a Protestant, who were married in life, but had to be buried in separate sections of the cemetery. It was listed as a rijksmonument (state monument) in 2002.