St. Johannes Cemetery (Chicago, Illinois)
USA /
Illinois /
Bensenville /
Chicago, Illinois
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Bensenville
World / United States / Illinois
cemetery, historical layer / disappeared object
Consecrated in 1849, St. Johannes Cemetery is owned and cared for by St. John's United Church of Christ (UCC), Bensenville.
This sacred land is presently (2006) in litigation in the federal courts, as the City of Chicago (owners/operators of O'Hare International Airport) are making efforts through eminent domain to seize, desecrate and remove this historical cemetery.
This sacred land is presently (2006) in litigation in the federal courts, as the City of Chicago (owners/operators of O'Hare International Airport) are making efforts through eminent domain to seize, desecrate and remove this historical cemetery.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°57'58"N 87°55'18"W
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery 11 km
- Mary Hill Cemetery 11 km
- Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery 12 km
- Rosehill Cemetery 19 km
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery 23 km
- Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum 33 km
- St. Casimir Lithuanian Catholic Cemetery 34 km
- Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery 66 km
- Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery 83 km
- Chicory Ridge 106 km
- FedEx Express O'Hare Ramp & Terminal 0.6 km
- Runway 10C-28C 0.8 km
- Southeast Cargo Area 1 km
- O'Hare International Airport (ORD/KORD) 1.9 km
- Bensenville Railroad Yard 2.3 km
- Runway 4R-22L 2.7 km
- River Forest Country Club 3.5 km
- Leyden Township 5.1 km
- Cook County, Illinois 17 km
- DuPage County, Illinois 20 km
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