Westfriedhof, Cemetery and cultural heritage monument in Stadtfeld West, Magdeburg, Germany.

Westfriedhof is a municipal cemetery covering about 62.5 hectares, the largest in Magdeburg. Its main entrance at Große Diesdorfer / Seehäuser Straße is a neo-Gothic red brick portal from 1897 with seven arches, sandstone detailing and wrought-iron gates, flanked by two small brick buildings. In the entrance axis stands the neo-Gothic cemetery chapel with side buildings; behind it is the crematorium built in 1923 to a design by Johannes Göderitz.

In 1893 the city council approved funds for a new cemetery in the west, planned by garden director Johann Gottlieb Schoch on about 30 hectares, with buildings designed by city building officer Otto Peters. After Schoch's death, garden director Wilhelm Linke continued the design. The cemetery opened on 17 October 1898, and the first burial took place the same day around 3 p.m. Urn burials began in the mid-1920s, and the site was placed under monument protection in 1994.

The cemetery shapes the local landscape through its systematically organized burial sections that reflect different memorial traditions existing side by side. Visitors notice the carefully maintained flower beds and fountains scattered throughout the grounds, creating quiet spots for reflection among the pathways.

The grounds are easy to navigate on foot thanks to clear pathways and directional markers at intersections. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes and allow plenty of time to explore the expansive site at a leisurely pace.

The sculptor Fritz Cremer made a memorial for the victims of fascism in 1981. In 1983 a second bronze cast of his sculpture "O Deutschland, bleiche Mutter", created between 1961 and 1965 for the Mauthausen memorial near Vienna, was installed here. A memorial stone donated by the Republic of Italy since 1996 commemorates Italian military internees killed in the air raids.