List of cemeteries in Hamburg

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The following tables show all known cemeteries in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , sorted by districts, as well as the associated cemeteries of the regional churches of North Elbe and Hanover in the Hamburg city region .

The list is not yet complete (as of August 2014).

The column war graves contains links to further articles or the following abbreviations: DK for the German war of 1866, DFK for the French German War (1870-71), WW1 and WW2 for the First and Second World War .

Cemeteries that are still in use

Cemeteries whose sponsorship is municipal or denominational (Protestant, Catholic, Protestant-free church, etc.).

Cemetery (district)	location	opening	size	Chapel among others	War graves	Remarks	Website
Allermöhe-Reitbrook cemetery	Allermöher Deich 99 Allermöhe 53 ° 28 ′ 58 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 40.3 ″  E	12th century (probably)	1.4 ha 1.12 ha	Trinity Church	yes (WW2): soldiers' graves	Village-like cemetery of the Ev.-Luth. Parish of Moorfleet-Allermöhe-Reitbrook around the church and extension in the north. About 1000 grave sites. Preserved tombs and tombstones in the churchyard. Grave slabs from church burials in the church. DFK memorial with peace oak and WWI 1st and 2nd memorial. Cultural monument .	Yes
Altengamme cemetery	Church pillar 1 Altengamme 53 ° 25 ′ 46.3 ″  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 10.4 ″  E	around 1300 1247	1 ha	St. Nicolai Church	?	Village-like cemetery of the Ev.-Luth. Parish of St. Nicolai zu Altengamme around the church and a newer part north of the Wetter. Around 1700 grave sites. 2 crypt slabs from the 17th century. Monuments DK, DFK, 1st and 2nd WW. Cultural monument .	Yes
Main cemetery Altona (Bahrenfeld, Altona district )	Stadionstrasse 5 Bahrenfeld 53 ° 35 ′ 11.5 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 19 ″  E	1923	63 ha	Chapel 1926/27	yes (2nd World War): Cemetery of honor for bomb victims, soldiers, concentration camp victims: Altona war cemetery	large park / lawn cemetery with 30,000 grave sites, designed as the main cemetery of the city of Altona. Carrier: District Office Altona. Special burial places: Sinti and Roma graves, HSV graves and tree graves . 2 monuments WWI. Cultural monument .	Yes
Bornkamp Cemetery (Bahrenfeld)	Ruhrstrasse 103 Bahrenfeld 53 ° 34 ′ 10 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 16 ″  E	1880	10 ha	Chapel (around 1900)	No	Geometrically laid out cemetery of the Evangelical Cemeteries in Altona (Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Association), which has rather few older tombs (before 1930). Museum area near the chapel. The cemetery has been closed since 2012. Cultural monument	Yes
Diebsteich cemetery (Bahrenfeld)	Am Diebsteich 4 Bahrenfeld 53 ° 34 '14 "  N , 9 ° 55' 51"  E	1868	12 ha	Chapel 1920s	Yes	geometrically laid out cemetery with a few older tombstones (before 1930); Burial place of the Evangelical Cemeteries in Altona (Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Association), which is open to all other denominations; especially catholic and Sinti and Roma burials. On the southern edge there are a couple of older, large tombs. There are a few figural tombs on the site. Stuhlmann honorary grave (1872) is a cultural monument .	Yes
Holstenkamp Cemetery (Bahrenfeld)	Holstenkamp 91 Bahrenfeld 53 ° 34 ′ 13 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 44 ″  E	1889	9.9 ha	chapel	No	Until 1974 the burial place was also called Ottenser Friedhof in Bahrenfeld ; Geometrically laid out, cemetery of the Evangelical Cemeteries Altona (Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Association) with rather few older grave monuments (before 1930). Part of the forest with old family graves and a pond. Cultural monument	Yes
Mennonite cemetery (Bahrenfeld)	Holstenkamp 80–82 Bahrenfeld 53 ° 34 ′ 18 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 59 ″  E	1873	0.69 ha	none destroyed by the war	No	Cemetery of the Evangelical Mennonite Congregation in Hamburg and Altona . Around 1100 grave sites. Burial also open to other denominations. The complex of the old Mennonite cemetery ( cultural monument ) , which was opened in 1937, is worth seeing with the grave slabs from the 17th to 19th centuries, which are also individually listed. On two older gravestones, there are still many impact holes to be seen, which were caused by a grenade impact during World War II.	Yes
New Bergedorf Cemetery and Bergedorf Islamic Cemetery	August-Bebel-Str. 200 Bergedorf 53 ° 28 ′ 43.9 ″  N , 10 ° 14 ′ 54 ″  E	1907	69 hectares	two chapels, Muslim washing and celebration hall	yes (WW2): German war cemetery Hamburg-Bergedorf , Soviet war cemetery Hamburg-Bergedorf	urban; is partly outside the Hamburg border on Schleswig-Holstein territory, separate Muslim cemetery area (Islamic cemetery Bergedorf)	yes (pdf; 1.2 MB)
Bergstedt cemetery	Volksdorfer Damm 261 Bergstedt 53 ° 40 ′ 10.6 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 44 ″  E	1868	3.85 hectares	a chapel	?	evangelical	yes , including cemetery plan
Billwerder cemetery	Billwerder Billdeich 138 Billwerder 53 ° 30 ′ 48.4 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 34.5 ″  E	13th century	0.9 ha	St. Nikolai Church	?	Village-like, evangelical cemetery.	No
Blankenese cemetery	Sülldorfer Kirchenweg 151 Sülldorf 53 ° 34 ′ 28.5 ″  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 5 ″  E	1902	18 ha	a chapel	Yes (1st and 2nd WW): soldiers, deceased from Tabea hospital. Bomb casualties civilian population.		Yes
Bramfeld cemetery	Berner Chaussee 50-56 22175 Bramfeld www.friedhof-bramfeld.de 53 ° 37 '1.3 "  N , 10 ° 5' 18"  O	1909	~ 3.5 ha	a chapel	?	evangelical	Yes
Curslack old cemetery	Curslacker Deich 142 Curslack 53 ° 26 ′ 57 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 40.3 ″  E	1306	0.5 ha	Church of St. John	?	Village-like, evangelical cemetery.	No
New Curslack cemetery	Grashofweg Curslack 53 ° 27 '17.5 "  N , 10 ° 13' 47.5"  O	1912	0.4 ha	No	?	evangelical	No
St. Mary's Cathedral Cemetery	Am Mariendom, formerly Danziger Str. 52 A St. Georg 53 ° 33 ′ 26 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 52 ″  E	2008	0.1 ha	No	?	Catholic	No
Eidelstedt cemetery	Eidelstedter Dorfstr. 19 Eidelstedt 53 ° 36 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 38 ″  E	1906	4 ha	church	Yes	evangelical	Yes
Finkenwerder old cemetery	Norderkirchenweg Finkenwerder 53 ° 31 '41 "  N , 9 ° 51' 55.1"  O	1844	1.2 ha	chapel	Yes	urban; Covered grand gate at the entrance, rather sparsely occupied lawn cemetery.	No
New Finkenwerder cemetery	Harlinger Landweg Finkenwerder 53 ° 31 ′ 41.8 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 32.8 ″  E	1950	5 ha	chapel	No	urban	No
Lueneburg cemetery Finkenwerder	Süderkirchenweg Finkenwerder 53 ° 31 '36.1 "  N , 9 ° 51' 56.2"  O	probably 15th century	0.2 ha	chapel	No	evangelical	No
Fischbek cemetery	Scheideholzweg Neugraben-Fischbek 53 ° 28 ′ 12.6 ″  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 32.5 ″  E	around 1900	2.4 ha	a chapel	?	urban	No
Groß Flottbek cemetery	Stiller Weg 28 Bahrenfeld 53 ° 34 ′ 26.3 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 15 ″  E	1909	8.4 ha	a chapel	?	Protestant, geometrically laid out cemetery, which also has a lush tree population.	Yes
New Harburg Cemetery (Eißendorf)	Bremer Strasse 236 Eißendorf 53 ° 26 ′ 48.5 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 11 ″  E	1892	31 ha	a chapel	yes (1st / 2nd WW): In several places in the cemetery, several nations, Kapp-Putsch, bomb victims	Protestant, landscape cemetery on hilly terrain	No
Hinschenfelde cemetery	Walddörferstrasse 367 Wandsbek-Hinschenfelde 53 ° 35 ′ 17.5 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 32.4 ″  E	1899	2.8 ha	chapel	yes: 5 grave sites	evangelical	Yes
Steinbek cemetery	Steinbeker Berg 3 Billstedt-Kirchsteinbek 53 ° 31 ′ 58.5 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 26.4 ″  E	1874	2.9 ha	a chapel	?		Yes
Old Kirchwerder cemetery from 1586	Church army route Hamburg-Kirchwerder	1586	?	St. Severini (Hamburg-Kirchwerder)	?	Wooden bell tower, 84 tombstones from the 16th to 18th centuries.	No
Langenbek cemetery	Langenbeker Friedhofsweg  Sinstorf 53 ° 25 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 34 ″  E	1975	14.4 ha	a chapel	No	Carrier: District Office Harburg. In Sinstorf, behind the suburb of Langenbek .	No
Moorburg cemetery	Nehusweg  Moorburg 53 ° 29 '20 "  N , 9 ° 56' 24"  O	1674	0.8 ha	church	yes (1st and 2nd World War)	evangelical	Yes
Neuenfelde cemetery	Organistenweg  Neuenfelde 53 ° 31 ′ 11.6 ″  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 24.7 ″  E	1899	2.0 ha	church	?	evangelical	Yes
Old Niendorf cemetery	Kollaustr. Niendorf 53 ° 36 ′ 58 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 58 ″  E	1840	5 ha	Church on the market	No	Evangelical; a mausoleum and many larger family tombs. Tomb for deaconesses.	Yes
New Niendorf cemetery	Promenade Street 8 Niendorf 53 ° 37 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 18 ″  E	1903	12.5 ha	chapel	?	evangelical	Yes
Nienstedten cemetery	Rupertistraße 37 Nienstedten 53 ° 33 ′ 15 ″  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 30.4 ″  E	1814	9.9 ha	a chapel	yes (1st World War)	Geometrically laid out, Protestant cemetery with three mausoleums, tombs and some figural tombs. There are also several museum areas with older tombstones from different epochs on the site.	yes cemetery plan
Ochsenwerder cemetery	Age Kirch dike  Ochsenwerder 53 ° 28 '33 "  N , 10 ° 5' 6"  O	1254	1.7 ha	church	yes (1st and 2nd World War)	evangelical	No
Ohlsdorf main cemetery	Fuhlsbüttler Str. 756 Ohlsdorf 53 ° 37 ′ 27.5 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  E	1877	391 ha	12 chapels, crematorium, farewell and celebration halls, water tower, etc. a.	yes (1st and 2nd WW): British , German , Dutch , Polish , Soviet war cemeteries as well as victims of bombs and victims of war and tyranny	urban, non-denominational. Probably the largest park cemetery in the world, consisting of an older part from the 1870s (about 2/5 of the total area) and a newer part. There are geometrically designed areas, lawns and areas that are surrounded by rhododendrons and trees. There are also numerous mausoleums, some of them quite large. Althamburg Memorial Cemetery for well-deserved Hamburgers.	Yes
Main cemetery Öjendorf	Manshardtstr. 200 Billstedt-Öjendorf 53 ° 33 ′ 22.2 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 39 ″  E	1955	98.7 ha	Crematorium, festival halls	yes (WW2): Italian war cemetery Hamburg-Öjendorf	Urban, non-denominational lawn cemetery with an active crematorium for the Hamburg city region	Yes
Bernadottestraße cemetery (Ottensen), also "Moltkefriedhof"	Bernadottestraße 32 Ottensen 53 ° 32 ′ 58.6 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 12.5 ″  E	1860	~ 2.8 ha	a chapel	No	Protestant, geometrically laid out cemetery. There are some older family tombs on the western edge.	Yes
Rahlstedt cemetery	Am Friedhof 11 Rahlstedt 53 ° 35 ′ 33 ″  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 18 ″  E	1829	8.6 ha	a chapel	Yes	evangelical	Yes
Russian Orthodox cemetery in Bahrenfeld	Holstenkamp 89 Bahrenfeld	2013/2014	4.5 ha	a chapel (traditional wooden block construction of the Eastern Church)	Sponsorship: Hamburg branch of the Moscow Patriarchate	Russian Orthodox
Schiffbek cemetery	Schiffbeker Weg 144 Billstedt-Schiffbek 53 ° 33 ′ 9.2 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 53.8 ″  E	1927	8 ha	a chapel	?	evangelical	Yes
Old cemetery Neugraben	Neuwiedenthaler Strasse (Neumoorstück) Neugraben-Fischbek	1884	0.7 ha	No	?	Carrier: District Office Harburg.	No
Heidefriedhof Neugraben (settlement Waldfrieden / Neugraben)	Falkenbergsweg 155 Hausbruch / Neugraben-Fischbek 53 ° 26 ′ 54.6 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 16 ″  E	1954	15 ha	a chapel	No	Carrier: District Office Harburg. Cemetery east of Falkenbergsweg (= district boundary to Neugraben) on Hausbrucher area. Embedded in the hilly landscape of the Neugrabener Heide.	No
New Sinstorf cemetery	Sinstorfer Kirchweg 23 Sinstorf 53 ° 25 ′ 26.6 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 20.5 ″  E	1885	2.4 ha	Church & Chapel	Yes	Evangelical. Family graves of the farming families.	No
Stellinger cemetery	Molkenbuhrstr. 6 Stellingen 53 ° 35 '25 "  N , 9 ° 55' 25.6"  O	1893	7 ha	church	?	evangelical	Yes
Tonndorf cemetery	Ahrensburger Str. 188 Tonndorf 53 ° 35 ′ 5.2 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 45.1 ″  E	1880	7.9 ha	a chapel	yes (WW2): bomb victims	evangelical; a mausoleum	Yes
Volksdorf forest cemetery	Duvenwischen 126 Volksdorf 53 ° 40 ′ 2.3 ″  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 29.4 ″  E	1950	7 ha	a chapel	No	urban	No
Wandsbek old cemetery	Kirchhofstrasse 14 Wandsbek 53 ° 34 ′ 42.7 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 8 ″  E	1850	?	a chapel	yes: war graves	Sponsorship: Ev.-Luth. Parish of Tonndorf; a mausoleum	Yes
Finkenriek cemetery (Wilhelmsburg)	König-Georg-Deich 24 Wilhelmsburg 53 ° 28 ′ 31 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 21.3 ″  E	1955	20.5 ha	a chapel	No	urban lawn cemetery	No
Kirchdorf Cemetery (Wilhelmsburg)	Kirchdorferstrasse 170 Wilhelmsburg -Kirchdorf 53 ° 29 '14.9 "  N , 10 ° 0' 57.4"  O	probably 1388	0.6 ha (0.54)	Kreuzkirche	?	evangelical. Cemetery around the Kreuzkirche.	No
Kirchdorf-Amtshof or Amtshof-Friedhof (Wilhelmsburg)	Kirchdorferstrasse 163 Wilhelmsburg -Kirchdorf 53 ° 29 '15.5 "  N , 10 ° 1' 3.2"  O	1865	1.5 ha (1.27)	No	?	Sponsor: District Office Hamburg-Mitte, originally the Ev. Kreuzkirchengemeinde. Occupied around the former office building, now a museum.	No
Wilstorf cemetery	At Frankenberg Wilstorf 53 ° 26 '14.8 "  N , 9 ° 58' 55.3"  E	1874	0.21 ha	No	?	evangelical	No
Wohldorf forest cemetery	Ole Boomgaarden 2 Wohldorf-Ohlstedt 53 ° 42 ′ 28.2 "  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 21.3"  E	1864	~ 400x300m	a chapel	?	urban	No

Cemeteries that are no longer occupied

Cemeteries that are no longer occupied or only in exceptional cases, whereby the sponsorship is urban or Christian (Protestant or Catholic).

Cemetery (district)	location	Opening - closing	size	Chapel u. a.	War graves	Remarks	Website
Urn cemetery of the cremation association in Hamburg	Alsterdorferstrasse 523 Alsterdorf	1904-1955	1.0 ha	former sacred buildings	yes (DFK)	Urn groves at the so-called "old crematorium"; today a small closed park on the border of the districts of Alsterdorf and Ohlsdorf.
Altenwerder Kirchhof	Kirchdorfweg Altenwerder 53 ° 30 ′ 20.7 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 4 ″  E	around 1600–?	0.8 ha	St. Gertrud Church	?	The church and cemetery are the only remnants of the village that was demolished in the 1970s and are located in the middle of the Hamburg port area.	No
St. Pauli Cemetery	Antonistraße Altona-Altstadt 53 ° 32 ′ 48.9 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 26.3 ″  E	1680-1813	<0.5 ha	St. Pauli Church	No	Some old tombstones and tombstones south and east of the church. The St. Pauli Church today no longer belongs to the district of the same name due to local changes in area, but to Altona Old Town.	No
Ev. Norderreihen or "Norderfriedhof" cemetery; today also: Wohlers Park	At the Johanniskirche Altona-Altstadt 53 ° 33 ′ 29.4 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 11.4 ″  E	1830-1879	4.9 ha	no (destroyed)	yes, German federal troops 1864–1866, Militair Gravsted for the tidligere garrison: Altona	Since 1977 it has been rededicated to the public Wohlers Park; individual preserved tombs, old avenue.	No
Holy Spirit Cemetery	Behnstr., Struenseestr. Altona old town 53 ° 32 ′ 50.2 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 36.2 ″  E	1741-1878	0.1 ha (remainder)	no (destroyed)	No	Today a public park; 13 remaining graves and steles are located on Struenseestrasse.	No
Old Bergedorf cemetery on Gojenbergsweg	Gojenbergsweg Bergedorf 53 ° 28 ′ 59 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 27.5 ″  E	1831–1907 (deed 1953)	2.7 ha	No	?	today a public green area	No
Bergstedt churchyard	Bergstedter Kirchenstrasse  Bergstedt 53 ° 40 ′ 20.5 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 35.7 ″  E	13th century - 1865	0.5 ha	Bergstedt Church	No		No
St. Jakobi cemetery "on the Peterskamp" and "Neuer Hammer Friedhof"	Wandsbeker Chaussee, Friedenstrasse Eilbek 53 ° 34 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 14.2 ″  E	1848-1934	6.3 ha	Easter Church	No	Former cemeteries of St. Jakobi and the Dreifaltigkeitsgemeinde Hamm ; Use until 1934, de-dedication in 1954. Today a public park with a few preserved grave monuments, including the grave of Ernst Freiherr von Merck and Abraham Philipp Schuldt , as well as a large family crypt.	Yes
Old hammer cemetery	Horner Weg Hamm 53 ° 33 ′ 21.3 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 25.7 ″  E	1693-1894		Trinity Church	No	1923 was the first Hamburg cemetery to be listed as a historical monument. Special graves: Mausoleum of the Sieveking family (including Amalie Sieveking , Karl Sieveking ), also Amandus Abendroth , Johann Hinrich Wichern a . a.	[1]
Harburg old cemetery	Bremer Str., Baererstr. Harburg 53 ° 27 '22.9 "  N , 9 ° 58' 49.8"  E	1828-1994	6 ha	St. Johannis	yes (DFK, 1. WK) Garrison fr.	Public park with many z. T. figural tombs. (Echo graves)	Yes
Harburg military cemetery (garrison cemetery )	On the north-eastern slope of the Schwarzenberg Harburg 53 ° 27 ′ 55.8 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 19.6 ″  E	1657-1870 (rest period until 1900)				Redesigned to a park area, partly built up; some tombs from the 1st half of the 18th century have been preserved.	No
Former Lohbrügge cemetery	Lohbrügger Kirchstrasse  Lohbrügge 53 ° 29 ′ 53 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 1 ″  E	1897-1972	?	church	?	1997 redesigned to the park area; historical tombs, a mausoleum	No
Crypt in the main church of St. Michaelis	English plank Neustadt 53 ° 32 ′ 54 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 44 ″  E	1762-1812	?	Church crypt	No	No cemetery, but a former burial place nonetheless. 2425 buried people are known by name, the most famous among them are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Johann Mattheson and the builder of the church Ernst Georg Sonnin . [2] , [3]	No
Cemetery of the nameless island of Neuwerk	Neuwerk Island 53 ° 55 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 2 ″  E	1319–?	?	No	?	Cemetery for dead sailors stranded here; last burial in 1928.	No
Christianskirche cemetery (or Ottensen cemetery from 1759)	Klopstockstrasse Ottensen 53 ° 32 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 58 ″  E	1537-1929	0.8 ha	Christian Church	No	since 1954 green area, grave of Klopstock	[4]
Sinstorf old cemetery	Sinstofer Kirchweg Sinstorf 53 ° 25 ′ 27.7 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 29 ″  E	9th century - 1884		Sinstorf Church	?	Old graves around the Sinstorfer Church	No
Historical cemetery Wandsbek at the Christ Church	Schlossstrasse 78 Wandsbek 53 ° 34 ′ 23.4 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 18.3 ″  E	1623-1850	1.8 ha	Christ Church	No	Today a small, public park with the Schimmelmann mausoleum , the grave of Matthias Claudius , Friedrich Philipp Victor von Moltke , memorial plaque for Helmuth James Graf von Moltke , war memorial 1870/71.	No
Former Wilhelmsburg cemetery Mengestraße (Wilhelmsburg municipal cemetery , Reiherstieg cemetery)	Volume road Wilhelmsburg 53 ° 29 '58.2 "  N , 9 ° 59' 34.7"  O	1895-1962	3.2 ha	St. Nicholas Church Cemetery Chapel, 1902, List of Monuments ID 28566	yes (DFK)	Dedicated in 1988. Park. Redesign as part of the IGS 2013 , now Wilhelmsburger Inselpark. Graves partially preserved.	[5]

No longer existing cemeteries

Cemeteries that no longer exist:

• Cemetery Hohenfelde: burial place of the Hamburg suburban community until the middle of the 19th century, located on the northern bank of the confluence of the former St. Georg-Wall-Graben with the Outer Alster (today not built-up area in the triangle Barcastraße, Sechslingspforte and Schwanenwik)
• Steintorfriedhöfe : opened in 1793 (St. Jacobi) or 1803 (St. Georg), closed in 1877/78, demolished in 1899 for the construction of Hamburg Central Station (today forecourt of Hamburg Central Station).
• Reformed burial place St. Georg: until the middle of the 19th century used cemetery for residents of Hamburg and the Hamburg suburbs on the former Große Allee (today Adenauerallee corner Pulverteich).
• Dammtorfriedhöfe : Hamburg-Neustadt / St. Pauli (formerly Hamburger Berg), Jungiusstraße (area today built over), opened in 1794, last burial at the beginning of the 20th century; the Dammtorfriedhöfe were burial places of the main Protestant churches St. Petri, St. Nikolai, St. Katharinen and St. Michaelis, the monasteries St. Johannis and Maria-Magdalena as well as the " hospital " St. Pauli. Thememorial for the reburied deceased from the old cemeteries of the city of Hamburg is located in cemetery area 318on the cemetery in Öjendorf . The St. Petri burialchapelfrom 1795 is locatedon the exhibition grounds .
• Cemeteries in Eppendorf : 1st churchyard around St. Johanniskirche for the parish of Eppendorf that goes beyond it since its existence (first mentioned in the 13th century) until 1837. In addition, burials in the church. Cleared during the construction of a new floor in 1902. 2. New cemetery of St. John's Church from 1837 at the intersection of Eppendorfer Landstrasse 77 and Kümmellstrasse. Last burial in 1904. In the meantime, the cemetery area has been de-dedicated and in 1951 the parking lot of a department store was built over; the grave sites reburied to the main cemetery Ohlsdorf
• Gertrudenkirchhof Hamburg-Altstadt : opened in the middle of the 14th century, last burial in 1842
• Church cemetery of St. Jakobi : around 1600 with the small branch church of St. Michaelis, burial place, after 1811 also used by Catholics, today area sealed around the parish church of St. Ansgar and St. Berhard (" Kleiner Michel ")
• Cemetery at the St. Petri and Paul Church in Bergedorf: The site is now overbuilt, presumably opened in the 12th century, last burial presumably in 1831, some grave slabs preserved
• Mennonite cemetery in Altona. The first cemetery of the Mennonite community in Hamburg and Altona, opened in 1678, is locatednorth of Paul-Roosen-Strasse (Grosse Roosenstrasse) and east of Lammstrasse. From the opening of the community's new cemetery only for hereditary burials. Cleared and sold in 1936. Almost 40 grave slabs have been preserved on a museum complex within the new cemetery in Bahrenfeld. Old cemetery built over.
• Cemetery of the expelled Hamburg citizens in Ottensen : burial place laid out in December 1813 for citizens of the Hanseatic city, now part of the French Empire, who could not get enough provisions on Napoleon's I decree and were accepted in Altona. The cemetery area is located on a piece of land on the corner of Große Brunnenstraße and Erdmannstraße and is now largely overbuilt by residential buildings.
• Burial places in Harburg: 1. In and at the St. Marien Church (instead of today's Lotsenkanals) probably from the 14th century until it was demolished around 1650. 2. In the Trinity Church, which was destroyed in 1944 (church burials until 1811, remains of ducal tombstones preserved) . 3. Former cemetery on the sand (between the streets Sand and Schloßmühlendamm, today built on), laid out at the end of the 16th century (cemetery chapel 1645), closed in 1828.
• Burial places Wilstorf: 1. in and at the church (near Kapellenweg), which was demolished before the Reformation and 2. at the later Wilstorf chapel (destroyed in 1814 and 1944–1947). Abandoned in 1954.
• Wilhelmsburg railway station cemetery : 0.4271 hectare railway cemetery, sponsored by Ev. St. Raphael Church (Wilhelmsburg train station) and Wilhelmsburger Industriebahn GmbH; today a small public park on the former site of the Wilhelmsburg industrial railway; Area of ​​the IBA 2013 “Wilhelmsburg Mitte” / IGS 2013. The last burial took place in 1981.

Jewish cemeteries

Existing Jewish cemeteries

In the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg there are several existing Jewish cemeteries or no longer used for burials , of which only the Ilandkoppel cemetery in Ohlsdorf is currently occupied.

Cemetery (district)	location	Opening - closing	size	Building u. a.	Remarks	Website
Altona Jewish cemetery	Königstrasse Altona-Altstadt 53 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E	1611-1869	1.9 ha	Eduard Duckesz House	Portuguese cemetery of the Sephardic community and burial place of the High German ( Ashkenazi ) communities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek. Under monument protection since 1960.	Yes
Bahrenfeld Jewish cemetery	Bornkampsweg Bahrenfeld 53 ° 34 ′ 9.9 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 59 ″  E	1873	1.1 ha	No	Enclosed cemetery that is not public.	No
Langenfelde Jewish cemetery	Försterweg Stellingen-Langenfelde 53 ° 34 ′ 41.7 ″  N , 9 ° 55 ′ 46.6 ″  E	1883–?	1 ha	No	Enclosed cemetery that is not public.	No
Harburg Jewish cemetery	Schwarzenbergstrasse Harburg 53 ° 27 ′ 50.9 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 25 ″  E	1690 (?) - 1935	2 ha	No		No
Ohlsdorf Jewish cemetery	Ilandkoppel Ohlsdorf 53 ° 36 ′ 52.2 ″  N , 10 ° 2 ′ 22 ″  E	1883	11 ha	Mourning hall	No connection between the main cemetery in Ohlsdorf and the Jewish burial ground. The only cemetery in Hamburg where burials take place according to the Jewish rite. Memorial for the victims of National Socialism. At the entrance to the cemetery graves of the fallen Jewish soldiers of WWI. Dead and tombstones of the old Jewish cemeteries that were forcibly closed.	Yes
Jenfelder Strasse Jewish Cemetery	Jenfelder Str. Tonndorf 53 ° 34 ′ 40.9 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 36.3 ″  E	1887-1942	0.1 ha (remainder)	No		Yes
Jewish Cemetery Wandsbek (also Jewish Cemetery King Row)	Royal row Wandsbek 53 ° 34 ′ 30.2 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 3 ″  E	1675-1886	0.5 ha	No	Enclosed cemetery that is not public. Desecrated in 1939, restored in 1996.	Yes

No longer existing Jewish cemeteries

Former cemeteries that are now partially built over:

• Jewish cemetery on the Grindel , on the connecting railway at the corner of Rentzelstraße, opened in 1712, last burial in 1903. [6]
• Jewish cemetery Ottensen , Ottenser Hauptstrasse / Große Rainstrasse, opened 1663, last burial 1934 [7]
• Jewish cemetery Neuer Steinweg , Neuer Steinweg, occupied during the French occupation in 1814, cleared in the 1930s
• Bergedorf Jewish cemetery , laid out as a private cemetery in 1841, expropriated and cleared in 1938
• Jewish cemetery Kohlhöfen , Neustadt, occupied from 1627 to 1653, then abolished.

literature

• Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer : The Cemetery Guide - Walks to known and unknown graves in Hamburg and the surrounding area. Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 .
• Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The cemetery signpost. Mammut Verlag Leipzig 2008, DNB 990550664
• Gerd Otto-Rieke: Graves in Hamburg. 1st edition. Alabasta Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-938778-10-4 .
• Michael Studemund-Halévy : In Jewish Hamburg. A city tour from AZ. 1st edition. Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-937904-97-9 .
• Michael Studemund-Halévy, Gaby Zürn: Don't destroy memories. The Jewish cemetery Königstrasse in Hamburg. 3. Edition. Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-937904-05-4 .
• Michael Studemund-Halévy: Biographical Lexicon of the Hamburg Sephardic Islands. 1st edition. Christians Verlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7672-1293-5 .

Web links

Commons : Cemeteries in Hamburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cemeteries on hamburg.de ; Cemetery guide - download link for guide and fee schedule ; List of state and denominational cemeteries in Hamburg and the surrounding area (PDF; 168 kB)
• Hamburger Friedhöfe AöR (public institution). Operator of the park cemeteries (formerly main cemeteries) Ohlsdorf and Öjendorf as well as the forest cemeteries Volksdorf and Wohldorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab} B. Leisner, N. Fischer: Der Friedhofsführer , see under literature
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The cemetery signpost. Mammut Verlag Leipzig 2008, DNB 990550664 . Information from the cemetery administrations.
3. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
4. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
5. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
6. ↑ Russian Orthodox Cemetery ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
8. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
9. ^ Jacobipark between Wandsbeker Chaussee and Hasselbrookstraße
10. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
11. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.
12. ^ Website of the old cemetery in Wandsbek (from 1850) with details of the occupancy of the historic cemetery in Wandsbek ( memento of the original from June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ St. Raphael Wilhelmsburg cemetery (station cemetery).
14. ^ The Jewish cemeteries in Hamburg
15. ^ Institute for the History of German Jews> Research Areas, u. a. Jewish cemeteries
16. ^ Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute
17. ↑ Altona Jewish Cemetery
18. ^ Website of the Ohlsdorf Jewish Cemetery
19. ^ Monument Association Hamburg (ed.): Historic cemeteries in Hamburg. Leaflet, approx. 2014.

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