Cemetery #3133
Gießen Old Cemetery
Local name: Alter Friedhof
Also known as Alter Friedhof, Gießen
0
documented records
≈ 1,700–3,300
approx. capacity (graves)
0.084 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Alter Friedhof in Gießen was laid out around 1530, far outside the town's fortification wall. It covers 8.3 hectares on the Nahrungsberg along Licher Straße and is now a green space with many old gravestones. Its two-storey chapel was built between 1623 and 1625, and since 2012 sponsorships for graves have been offered. Further details are available from giessen-entdecken.de.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 50.582142° N, 8.684565° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Gießen New Cemetery 2.1 km away · Gießen
- Wieseck Cemetery 3.2 km away · Gießen
- Kleinlinden Cemetery 3.8 km away · Klein Linden
- Heuchelheim Cemetery 4.3 km away · Heuchelheim · 29 records
- Annerod Cemetery 4.5 km away · Annerod
- Gleiberg Cemetery 4.8 km away · Wettenberg
- Bestattungswald am Schiffenberg 4.9 km away · Hausen
- Kinzenbach Cemetery 5.0 km away · Kinzenbach
- Launsbach Cemetery 5.1 km away · Launsbach
- Hausen Cemetery 5.2 km away · Hausen
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How big is Gießen Old Cemetery?
Gießen Old Cemetery covers about 84,000 m² (21 acres), about the size of 12 soccer fields. It is the 46th largest of the 3,180 cemeteries we list in Hesse.