III. Städtischer Friedhof Stubenrauchstraße, Cemetery in Friedenau, Berlin, Germany

The Third Municipal Cemetery at Stubenrauchstraße is a burial ground in Berlin's Friedenau district with graves arranged along paved pathways. The grounds spread across several sections, each with different types of memorials and burial plots.

The cemetery was laid out in 1881 for the rural community of Friedenau on what was then Hamburger Platz, a square Johann Anton Wilhelm von Carstenn had intended as an ornamental plaza, so the burial ground was meant only as a temporary use. Those plans were dropped, and the site was enlarged in 1894, 1904–1910 and 1912 to its present 21,062 m² and enclosed by a wall. Its oldest surviving grave is the Roenneberg family plot with its iron grille, dating from 1888.

The cemetery displays different styles of memorials that show how people in Berlin have honored their dead across generations. Walking through, you can see how burial traditions and what mattered to families changed over time.

You can reach the cemetery by public transportation, with entrances along Stubenrauchstraße in the Friedenau district. Wear comfortable shoes since you will walk the entire grounds on paved paths to see the different sections.

The cemetery is known as the "Künstlerfriedhof" (artists' cemetery) because of its proximity to the Wilmersdorfer Künstlerkolonie. Marlene Dietrich was buried here in 1992 and Helmut Newton in 2004, and the Berlin Senate has designated numerous graves as honorary graves of the state. The oldest surviving grave is the Roenneberg family's iron-lattice grave from 1888.