Ehrenfriedhof, Cemetery at Heilbronn, Germany.

The Ehrenfriedhof is a park-like burial ground in the Köpfertal forest near the Pfühlbach, about 3 km southeast of Heilbronn's centre. It consists of ten mass grave fields, seven of them occupied, laid out on a 120-are site and designed in 1947/1948 by Karl Elsässer. A large metal cross and a few symbolic stone crosses stand among old trees; at the entrance is a life-size bronze Pietà by Robert Poetzelberger.

The Ehrenfriedhof was laid out in early December 1944 as a mass grave, after the largely undamaged main cemetery of Heilbronn proved far too small for the victims of the air raid of 4 December 1944. About 150 prisoners from the Neckargartach concentration camp had to perform forced labour for it. In 1947/1948 Karl Elsässer gave the site its park-like, very plain form.

Every year on 4 December, the anniversary of the 1944 air raid, a memorial ceremony is held here. The bronze Pietà by Robert Poetzelberger, made around 1920, came from the Hagenbucher family grave in the main cemetery and was moved here in 1953. The site is a Kulturdenkmal.

The site lies about 3 km east-southeast of Heilbronn's centre, on the Pfühlbach in the wooded Köpfertal nature reserve, reached by footpaths. The entrance gate is set between two stone pillars, one bearing a plaque, and opens onto a paved path. The grounds are park-like and plain, with ten mass grave fields, seven of them occupied, among old trees.

The bronze Pietà at the entrance, life-size and made around 1920 by Stuttgart academy director Robert Poetzelberger, first stood on the Hagenbucher family grave in the main cemetery and was moved here in 1953. Seven of the ten mass grave fields hold burials; the rest stayed empty.