Westfriedhof, Cemetery in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Westfriedhof is a hedge cemetery in Ingolstadt, laid out from 1933 to 1935 by city architect Franz Schwäbl with cross-shaped paths, avenues, rows of trees and individual trees over grave fields. It includes a neoclassical mourning hall from 1934, walls mainly of rubble stone, a chapel from 1802 and a Taharahaus. The Jewish cemetery, established in 1891/92 outside the Christian cemetery, is now enclosed within it.

The cemetery traces its origins to a burial ground established in 1563 outside city walls and was redesigned and expanded in the 1930s according to architect Franz Schwäbl's plan. The grounds contain a chapel from 1802, a ritual washing building, a memorial hall from that renovation period, and areas dedicated to soldiers from multiple conflicts.

The cemetery holds the graves of Ingolstadt figures such as the writer Marieluise Fleißer, the last city executioner Johann Ritzer, and the architects and artists Josef Elfinger, Alois Schölß and Johannes Eppelein. Since 2017, panels produced by the Reservistenkameradschaft Ingolstadt with the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge explain the war memorials and graves as places of learning.

The cemetery lies on the Westliche Ringstraße and is now fully enclosed by buildings and roads, so it cannot be expanded. Paths run crosswise, lined with avenues and rows of trees; about 6,400 metres of hornbeam, field maple, yew and dogwood hedges are cut twice a year. The Jewish section with its Taharahaus and the 1802 chapel stand within the grounds.

The cemetery holds graves of over 300 soldiers from the First World War and soldiers from the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War, some of them prisoners who died in Ingolstadt captivity. A special section called Ehrenhain is dedicated to Second World War soldiers, including people who died in air raids or were executed.