Kapellplatz, Memorial square and park in Darmstadt, Germany

Kapellplatz is a public square with park spaces in central Darmstadt featuring scattered gravestones, mosaic pathways, and trees distributed across the ground. The space is defined by a 7-meter granite cross and bronze sculptures that form the memorial composition.

The site was Darmstadt's second cemetery, laid out in 1564 and walled in 1573, with a burial chapel built in 1601 under Landgrave Ludwig V. The cemetery was used until 1828, most gravestones were removed in 1866, and the chapel was demolished in 1868. In the southeast corner stands the ruin of the neo-Gothic Saalkirche by city architect Eduard Hechler, built in 1868 from rubble stone and largely destroyed in a 1944 air raid; it became the city's central memorial on 11 September 1954.

The name Kapellplatz refers to the cemetery chapel built in 1601 under Landgrave Ludwig V and demolished in 1868. Since 1954 the ruined Stadtkapelle has served as Darmstadt's central memorial for victims of the Second World War and Nazi terror, with commemorative plaques and a granite cross.

The park lies between Soderstraße to the north and Mühlstraße to the east, with the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium on its southern edge. The Alicen-Eleonoren-Schule and the Altes Pädagog stand west of the grounds. Paths are paved with mosaic cobblestones, and gravestones stand scattered among the trees.

The 1995 extension by Thomas Duttenhoefer is a six-part bronze ensemble linked by barely visible lines on the ground. Its centre is a figure of a suffering man; a cart, a leaning obelisk, a helmet form, debris and a relief with words by poet Karl Krolow complete it. It was made for the 50th anniversary of the war's end on 8 May 1995.