Trauerhaltestelle at Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Public memorial structure in Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Germany

The Mourning Stop at Ohlsdorf Cemetery comprises two concrete structures arranged to create a sheltered gathering space with wooden seating and surfaces for messages. The layout provides a contained area for quiet reflection within the grounds.

The Mourning Stop was realized after Mareile Höring and Solveig Trzebiatowski won a special prize in the 2012 competition 'Trauer braucht Raum' (Mourning Needs Space). The Kuratorium Deutsche Bestattungskultur e.V. then commissioned the build, with Susanne Netter of netter architekten as executing architect. It opened on 11 June 2021.

Visitors write messages on the concrete walls with chalk provided on site; the writing fades with the weather. They also lay down flowers or personal objects. The space can be entered alone or in small groups, without registration or ceremony.

The Mourning Stop is centrally located on the cemetery grounds, on Mittelallee at the Moorkampgraben on the way to Prökelmoorteich. Two bus lines stop nearby on Mittelallee, and it is about a 15-minute walk from the Kornweg S-Bahn station. Visitors may enter freely alone or in small groups; chalk is provided for writing on the walls.

The tree in the open corner is a Felsenbirne (serviceberry, Amelanchier), not a rowan or pear. The two concrete brackets leave one corner open to the sky so the shrub grows inside the sheltered space, between the wooden benches and the chalk walls.