Südfriedhof, Cemetery in Dottendorf district, Bonn, Germany.
Südfriedhof is a cemetery in the Dottendorf district that holds gravestones, monuments, and mausoleums spanning different periods. The grounds display how burial customs and memorial styles changed over centuries.
The cemetery lies between Dottendorf and Friesdorf, on Bonn's former southern edge toward Bad Godesberg. It received the name Südfriedhof in 1910, to distinguish it from the Nordfriedhof, first called "Neuer Friedhof". Over the decades both the grounds and their infrastructure were enlarged. It is Bonn's second-largest cemetery and is protected as a listed monument.
The cemetery lies near the former government quarter, so it holds the graves of founding-era politicians of the Federal Republic, including SPD leader Erich Ollenhauer and Bundestag president Annemarie Renger. Haribo founder Hans Riegel and his son are also buried here, as is Maria Johanna Hagemeyer, Germany's first female judge.
The main entrance is on Servatiusstraße on the western side; the eastern boundary is the Bonn–Koblenz railway line. The grounds lie between Dottendorf and Friesdorf, so the cemetery can be reached from either district. Visitors should note that it is a protected monument and an active burial ground.
The cemetery lies between Dottendorf and Friesdorf, bounded east by the Bonn–Koblenz railway and west by Servatiusstraße, where the main entrance is. Because of its proximity to the former government quarter, it holds the graves of founding-era politicians of the Federal Republic, among them SPD leader Erich Ollenhauer and Bundestag president Annemarie Renger.
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