Alter Ostfriedhof, cemetery in Augsburg-Lechhausen, Swabia, Germany

Alter Ostfriedhof Augsburg is a historic cemetery with gravestones, monuments, and chapel ruins from different eras. Paths cross the grounds beneath tall trees that provide shade, while the grave plots display varying styles and periods of remembrance.

The cemetery was established in the mid-1800s when Augsburg expanded and needed more burial space. After bombing during World War II damaged parts of the grounds, the cemetery was repaired and has remained in use ever since.

Since 1892 the cemetery has been divided into four fields: fields I and III for Catholics, fields II and IV for Protestants, as set out in the Gottesackerordnung of that year. The Bavarian State Association for Family Studies photographed the grounds in 2011, and over 2,000 grave inscriptions are now searchable online.

The cemetery lies at the corner of Stätzlinger Straße and Kurt-Schumacher-Straße in Lechhausen, in the east of Augsburg. It was extended northward in 2001 and 2002, where a wall of urn niches now stands. The grounds are open during daylight hours; visitors keep to the paths and avoid funeral services.

The cemetery was photographed in 2011 for the Bavarian State Association for Family History's cemetery project, and more than 2,000 grave inscriptions from Alter Ostfriedhof are now available for research. Genealogists use these records to trace names and dates on the graves.