From 1921 to 1981, the Cemetery of the Insane served as a burial ground for the male patients of the nearby mental asylum. The plot was registered in the land registry in 1913 and described as a cemetery for the institution. Patients often stayed in the asylum their entire lives, and family ties were often completely severed. Therefore, the institution itself arranged the burial of its patients. From 1921 to 1981, 1,750 patients were buried here. They were all men who had lost contact with their families. Since 1981, the patients have been buried in the town's public cemetery or elsewhere at the request of the family.