Alter Friedhof, Renaissance cemetery in Lutherstadt Eisleben, Germany

Alter Friedhof is a Renaissance burial ground in Lutherstadt Eisleben with two wings whose southern and eastern sections were completed between 1538 and 1560. The site follows the Campo Santo style and preserves both active graves and historical monuments, including the only surviving family vault from 1558.

Founded in 1533 and consecrated by Caspar Güttel, the first Lutheran pastor of Andreas Church, the cemetery represents one of Germany's earliest Campo Santo designs. It stands as a marker of religious changes during the Reformation period in this region.

The name Kronenfriedhof, used from the 17th century, comes from the custom of placing Totenkronen (funeral crowns) on graves; the site was also called Kronenkirche, and only in the 19th century did the name Campo Santo appear. Today it is often called Alter Friedhof. The epitaph of Hans Stal the Elder (d. 1541), in the ninth niche of the east wing, is by sculptor Hans Schlegel.

The cemetery lies on Caspar-Güttel-Straße; the entrance is by the 19th-century keeper's house, and only the south and east wings were ever built, so a visit follows an L-shaped route rather than a closed square. The Prussian milestone (27 miles from Berlin) stands in the east wing, and the war memorial for both world wars is north of it.

The name Kronenfriedhof, recorded from the 17th century, refers to the Totenkronen, crowns of wire, beads and flowers that were carried at burials and hung in the cemetery; only in the 19th century did the name Campo Santo join it. A Prussian milestone marked 27 miles from Berlin stands in the east wing, moved here from near Wimmelburg and replaced there by a copy.