Gartenfriedhof, 18th-century cemetery in Mitte, Germany
Gartenfriedhof displays classical and romantic gravestones across its grounds, with 364 preserved tombstones commemorating 465 individuals buried between 1741 and 1864.
The cemetery emerged in 1741 when Hannover's authorities purchased land outside Aegidienthor to establish a burial ground for the local gardening community.
The tombstones feature symbols of eternal life, including snakes eating their tails, butterflies symbolizing transformation, and extinguished torches representing mortality.
Visitors can locate notable graves using the bronze plaque map installed at the entrance, which guides them to monuments of historical figures.
The grounds contain the burial site of astronomer Caroline Herschel and Charlotte Buff, who inspired Goethe's character Lotte in The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Location: Mitte
GPS coordinates: 52.36980,9.74738
Latest update: March 2, 2025 20:15
Theater am Aegi
316 m
Gartenkirche St. Marien
45 m
Open Grave
39 m
Sophienstraße 7 (Hannover)
326 m
Hansa-Haus
232 m
Schiffgraben 4
189 m
Natural monument Acer in Gartenfriedhof
5 m
Wilhelmstraße 2
303 m
Grabmal des Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs
11 m
Prinzenstraße 21
334 m
Bayer-Haus
127 m
Warmbüchenstraße 16
211 m
Prinzenstraße 17
360 m
Lodderbast
315 m
Falke Clock at Aegidientorplatz
321 m
Schrauben
372 m
Stadttafel Stadtbibliothek
352 m
Stadttafel Sophienstrasse 7
363 m
Stolperstein dedicated to Robert Gauweiler
320 m
Gartenkirche memorial plaque
55 m
Stadttafel Gottfried Benn
186 m
Stadttafel Ministerium der Finanzen
319 m
Großes Rufzeichen
210 m
Stadttafel Joseph Joachim
360 m
Stadttafel Gartenfriedhof
55 m
Stolperstein dedicated to Wilhelm Weber
265 m
Bus stop Hannover-Aegidientorplatz Mitte
263 m
The hikers
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