Cemetery #17867
Ohlsdorf Cemetery
Local name: Friedhof Ohlsdorf
Also known as Hamburg Cemetery · Hamburg-Ohlsdorf Soviet War Cemetery · Sowjetische Kriegsgräberstätte Hamburg-Ohlsdorf · Hamburg-Ohlsdorf Polish War Cemetery · Polnische Kriegsgräberstätte Hamburg-Ohlsdorf · Hamburg-Ohlsdorf German War Cemetery · Deutsche Kriegsgräberstätte Hamburg-Ohlsdorf · Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Deutsche Kriegsgräber · Bombenopfer Hamburg-Ohlsdorf War Cemetery · Kriegsgräberstätte Bombenopfer Hamburg-Ohlsdorf · Hamburg Dutch War Cemetery · Niederländische Kriegsgräberstätte Hamburg
789
documented records
≈ 75k–150k
approx. capacity (graves)
3.73 km²
cemetery area
Nov 6, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg was established in 1877 as a non-denominational burial site outside the city. It replaced the earlier parish burial grounds, as burials within the city had been banned in 1812. The cemetery covers 389 hectares and is described by the Hamburg cemeteries authority as the largest park cemetery in the world.
Read more in our stories: The World's 10 Largest Cemeteries · Cemeteries That Became Arboretums and Woodland
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 53.623653° N, 10.052766° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
Showing the first 50 of 789, A–Z by surname. Search all records
Alma Abben 1900 – 1992 - Berthold Abben 1898 – 1962
Carl Abben 1888 – 1958 - Minna Abben 1891 – 1973
Ida Abert 1886 – 1963 - Willy Abert 1884 – 1962
Ernst Abraham 1925 – 1997 
Elsa Abrahamsen 1907 – 1947 
Maria Abrell 1887 – 1922 
Käthe Achentags 1909 – 1984 
Helmut Acker 1933 – 1998 
Liesbeth Ackerhans 1898 – 1995 - Otto Ackerhans 1897 – 1959
- Wagner Ackerhans 1870 – 1948
Herbert Ackermann 1911 – 1998 
Martha Ackermann 1886 – 1954 - Meta Ackermann 1914 – 2005
Christa Ackers 1935 – 1992 - Gertrud Ackers 1915 – 2005
- Helmut Ackers 1944 – 2000
- Rainer Ackers 1947 – 1999
- Walter Ackers 1937 – 1942
- Wilhelm Ackers ? – 1985
Ingeborg Adam 1921 – 2011 - Jakob Adam 1913 – 1993
Heide Adams 1940 – 2012 
Curt Aderhold 1902 – 1979 - Irma Aderhold 1905 – 1981
Ellen Adickes 1890 – 1963 - Ellen Adickes 1898 – 1988
- Eva Adickes 1870 – 1959
- George Adickes 1901 – 1950
- Hermann Adickes 1868 – 1947
Martha Adler 1909 – 1977 - Walther Adler 1894 – 1971
Margaret Agyeiwaa 1953 – 2014 
Erich Ahlers 1907 – 1962 - Mathilde Ahlers 1916 – 2003
Carl Ahlgrim 1869 – 1940 
Agathe Ahner 1891 – 1969 - Doris Ahner 1855 – 1936
- Robert Ahner 1848 – 1937
Anni Ahrens 1898 – 1939 
Dora Ahrens 1888 – 1962 
Frieda Ahrens 1896 – 1948 
Hans Ahrens 1914 – 1979 - Hermann Ahrens ? – 1994
- Hermann Ahrens 1874 – 1938
- Hilde Ahrens 1915 – 2001
Hinrich Ahrens 1921 – 1983
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Ohlsdorf Jewish Cemetery 1.4 km away · Hamburg-Nord · 2 records
- Bramfeld Cemetery 2.5 km away · Hamburg · 301 records
- Wandsbeker Old Cemetery 5.2 km away · Hamburg · 86 records
- Hinschenfelde Cemetery 5.4 km away · Hamburg
- Wandsbek Jewish Cemetery 5.5 km away · Hamburg
- Wandsbek Historic Cemetery 5.8 km away · Hamburg
- Tonndorf Cemetery 5.9 km away · Tonndorf · 39 records
- Jenfeld Jewish Cemetery 6.3 km away · Hamburg
- Niendorf New Cemetery 6.4 km away · Hamburg
- Glashütte Cemetery 6.6 km away · Norderstedt
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Common questions
How big is Ohlsdorf Cemetery?
Ohlsdorf Cemetery covers about 373 hectares (3.73 km²), about 1.5 times the size of Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney. It is the largest of the 64 cemeteries we list in Hamburg.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Ohlsdorf Cemetery is that of Senator Peter Behrmann, who died in 1777 at the age of 66.