{"id":35466,"date":"2026-11-07T07:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T05:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/?p=35466"},"modified":"2026-11-07T04:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T02:57:02","slug":"kw-45-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/?p=35466","title":{"rendered":"KW-45-2025: Leaving a Peeble – Looking for Leonard Cohen`s Grave in Montreal 10 years after his death on 7th of novembre 2016. – Walking Montreal`s Streets – Looking for Cohen Places – Vol. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walking Montreal`s Streets – Looking for Cohen Places – Vol. 16 : Leaving a Peeble – Looking for Leonard Cohen`s Grave in Montreal 10 years after his death on 7th<\/sup> of novembre 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not so easy to find even for Montrealers, if you don’t know exactly where the Cohen family’s burial place is. The Jewish cemetery „Cemetery Shaar Hashomayim“ is integrated into the area of the „Cimeti\u00e8re de Mont Royal“ and was established in 1846. Depending on where you make your way from the city center, it takes about 1.5 hours on foot and about 20 minutes by car. There are several access roads to the „Cimeti\u00e8re de Mont Royal“. The fastest way to get to the „Cemetery Shaar Hashomayim“ is via „Mount Royal Blvd.“, which leads directly into the „Chemin de la For\u00eat“. The first entrance gate to the cemetery is that of the „Cemetery Shaar Hashomayim“ on the left. After entering, after about 50 meters on the right side, the graves of the „Cohen“ family are located. The footstone of Leonard Cohen’s grave is engraved in Hebrew with the name of the deceased, Eliezer, the son of Nissan HaKohen. And underneath is the name by which he is known to the world: Leonard Cohen. As is customary in Jewish tradition, visitors leave a stone or a peeble on the grave. Often there are also flowers, tea or oranges at the grave.<\/p>\n

(„My sister and I just buried my father in Montreal. With only immediate family and a few lifelong friends present, he was lowered into the ground in an unadorned pine box, next to his mother and father. Exactly as he’d asked. As I write this I’m thinking of my father’s unique blend of self-deprecation and dignity, his approachable elegance, his charisma without audacity, his old-world gentlemanliness and the hand-forged tower of his work. There’s so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time. I’d thank him for the comfort he always provided, for the wisdom he dispensed, for the marathon conversations, for his dazzling wit and humor. I’d thank him for giving me, and teaching me to love Montreal and Greece. And I’d thank him for music; first for his music which seduced me as a boy, then for his encouragement of my own music, and finally for the privilege of being able to make music with him. Thank you for your kind messages, for the outpouring of sympathy and for your love of my father.“)* postet Adam Cohen on his FACEBOOK Account 3 days after his father`s death.<\/p>\n

Read more about it in my bilingual blog (www.cohenpedia.de<\/a>); Excerpt taken from Christof Graf`s 532 pages-book: MARILLION, MONTREAL & LEONARD COHEN \u2013 Essays, Photos, Interviews by Christof Graf – \u00a9opyright 2024. bookorder: info@cod.de ALL bw-photos taken by \u00a9hristof Graf \/ MORE INFOS here: www.cohenpedia.de. and HERE: https:\/\/cohenpedia.de\/vol-6-cohenpedia_marillion_montreal_and_leonardcohen_by_christofgraf\/ . ISBN : ISBN 978-3-945329-21-4<\/p>\n

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Unterwegs in Montreals Stra\u00dfen \u2013 Auf den Spuren von Leonard Cohen \u2013 Teil 16: Auf der Suche nach Leonard Cohens Grab in Montreal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Es ist selbst f\u00fcr Ortsfremde nicht ganz einfach, die Grabst\u00e4tte der Familie Cohen zu finden, wenn man nicht genau wei\u00df, wo sie sich befindet. Der j\u00fcdische Friedhof \u201eCemetery Shaar Hashomayim\u201c ist in das Gel\u00e4nde des \u201eCimeti\u00e8re de Mont-Royal\u201c integriert und wurde 1846 angelegt. Je nachdem, von wo aus man im Stadtzentrum startet, ben\u00f6tigt man zu Fu\u00df etwa 1,5 Stunden, mit dem Auto sind es rund 20 Minuten. Es gibt mehrere Zug\u00e4nge zum \u201eCimeti\u00e8re de Mont-Royal\u201c. Der schnellste Weg zum \u201eCemetery Shaar Hashomayim\u201c f\u00fchrt \u00fcber den \u201eMount Royal Blvd.\u201c, der direkt in den \u201eChemin de la For\u00eat\u201c \u00fcbergeht. Das erste Eingangstor zum Friedhof auf der linken Seite geh\u00f6rt zum \u201eCemetery Shaar Hashomayim\u201c. Nach etwa 50 Metern hinter dem Eingang findet man auf der rechten Seite die Gr\u00e4ber der Familie Cohen. Auf dem Grabstein von Leonard Cohen ist in hebr\u00e4ischer Schrift der Name des Verstorbenen eingraviert: Eliezer, Sohn des Nissan HaKohen. Darunter steht der Name, unter dem er weltweit bekannt ist: Leonard Cohen. Wie es in der j\u00fcdischen Tradition \u00fcblich ist, hinterlassen Besucher einen Stein oder Kiesel auf dem Grab. Oft finden sich dort auch Blumen, Tee oder Orangen. \u201eMeine Schwester und ich haben gerade meinen Vater in Montreal beigesetzt. Im engsten Familienkreis und im Beisein weniger lebenslanger Freunde wurde er in einem schlichten Kiefernholzsarg in die Erde gelassen \u2013 neben seiner Mutter und seinem Vater. Genau so, wie er es sich gew\u00fcnscht hatte. W\u00e4hrend ich dies schreibe, denke ich an die einzigartige Mischung aus Selbstironie und W\u00fcrde, die meinen Vater auszeichnete: seine zug\u00e4ngliche Eleganz, sein Charisma \u2013 ganz ohne Anma\u00dfung \u2013, seine altmodische, vornehme Art und das gewaltige, mit eigener Hand geschaffene Lebenswerk. Es gibt so vieles, wof\u00fcr ich ihm danken m\u00f6chte \u2013 ein allerletztes Mal. Ich w\u00fcrde ihm danken f\u00fcr den Trost, den er stets spendete, f\u00fcr die Weisheit, die er weitergab, f\u00fcr die stundenlangen Gespr\u00e4che sowie f\u00fcr seinen brillanten Witz und Humor. Ich w\u00fcrde ihm daf\u00fcr danken, dass er mir Montreal und Griechenland nahegebracht und mich gelehrt hat, diese Orte zu lieben. Und ich w\u00fcrde ihm f\u00fcr die Musik danken: zun\u00e4chst f\u00fcr seine eigene Musik, die mich schon als Junge verzauberte, dann f\u00fcr die Ermutigung, mich selbst der Musik zu widmen, und schlie\u00dflich f\u00fcr das Privileg, gemeinsam mit ihm musizieren zu d\u00fcrfen. Danke f\u00fcr eure lieben Nachrichten, f\u00fcr die gro\u00dfe Anteilnahme und f\u00fcr eure Zuneigung zu meinem Vater.\u201c \u2013 so schrieb Adam Cohen drei Tage nach dem Tod seines Vaters auf seinem Facebook-Account.<\/p>\n

Read more about it in my bilingual blog (www.cohenpedia.de); Excerpt taken from Christof Graf`s 532 pages-book: MARILLION, MONTREAL & LEONARD COHEN \u2013 Essays, Photos, Interviews by Christof Graf – \u00a9opyright 2024. bookorder: info@cod.de ALL bw-photos taken by \u00a9hristof Graf \/ MORE INFOS here: www.cohenpedia.de. and HERE: https:\/\/cohenpedia.de\/vol-6-cohenpedia_marillion_montreal_and_leonardcohen_by_christofgraf\/ . ISBN : ISBN 978-3-945329-21-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walking Montreal`s Streets – Looking for Cohen Places – Vol. 16 : Leaving a Peeble – Looking for Leonard Cohen`s Grave in Montreal 10 years after his death on 7th of novembre 2016. Not so easy to find even for Montrealers, if you don’t know exactly where the Cohen family’s burial place is. The Jewish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35469,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35466\/revisions\/35469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}