Kupfermeisterfriedhof, Cemetery and architectural heritage monument in Stolberg, Germany.

The Kupfermeisterfriedhof is a cemetery and architectural heritage monument in Stolberg with numerous flat gravestones displaying inscriptions and heraldic symbols of copper master families. The site sits on a hillside and preserves the burial grounds of these important craftspeople and their descendants.

The Kupfermeisterfriedhof was laid out in 1688 and served as the burial ground for Stolberg's copper masters until 1812. These Protestant families had moved from Aachen to Stolberg from 1571 onward, driven by the Aachen religious disputes and the imperial ban of 1598. More than 100 gravestones record the history of the city.

The gravestones display heraldic designs and family crests of copper master families who shaped the industrial development of the region. These symbols tell the story of craftspeople whose families influenced the area for generations.

The cemetery lies on the Finkenberg hillside in Stolberg and can be walked through; more than 100 gravestones remain on the site. Burials took place here between 1688 and 1812, so the grounds are a closed historical burial site rather than a working cemetery.

Burials at the Kupfermeisterfriedhof took place from 1688 until 1812. The oldest stones commemorate Leonhard de Blanche, Margareta Peltzer, Philipp Schleicher and Maria Schardinel, names that tie the cemetery directly to the copper master families.