Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Cemetery and park in Hamburg-Nord, Germany
Ohlsdorf Cemetery is a burial ground and park in the Hamburg-Nord district that covers more than 390 hectares. The site is crossed by a network of roads linking twelve chapels, several museums and numerous memorials and sculptures.
The site opened on July 1, 1877 and developed over the decades into a resting place for over a million people. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, actor Hans Albers and many other personalities found their final rest here.
The burial ground takes its name from the historic village of Ohlsdorf, which became part of Hamburg-Nord in 1937. Visitors today find sections for Protestant, Catholic and Jewish burials as well as graves for people with no religious affiliation, all resting side by side.
Two public bus lines with a total of 25 stops serve the extensive grounds, which welcome around two million people each year. Four entrance gates allow access by private vehicle, which can be helpful given the size of the area.
Near chapel 12 lies the Hamburg Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, one of four permanent Commonwealth cemeteries in Germany. Over 400 Allied prisoners of war who died in German captivity during World War I were buried here, along with sailors whose bodies washed ashore on the Frisian Islands. In 1923 the remains of British Commonwealth servicemen from 120 burial grounds in north-western Germany were brought to Hamburg. The CWGC commemorates more than 2,473 identified casualties across three plots.
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