Cemetery #7573
Herrnhut God's Acre Cemetery
Local name: Herrnhuter Gottesacker
Also known as Gottesacker der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeinde · Gottesacker der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität
29
documented records
≈ 750–1,500
approx. capacity (graves)
0.037 km²
cemetery area
Oct 29, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Herrnhut God's Acre was laid out from 1730 as the burial ground of the Moravian Church (Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine) in Herrnhut. Unlike baroque cemetery culture, it is marked by plain, uniform design, and it forms a baroque park at the foot of the Hutberg. In an online vote in 2015 it was ranked first as Germany's most fascinating cemetery.
Read more in our story: The Oldest Graves in Our Archive, Checked Against the Stone
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 51.019440° N, 14.748523° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
29 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Martin Böhmer 1894 – 1915 - Leonhard Bourquin 1898 – 1918
- Alfred Bürger 1892 – 1918
- Johannes Bürger 1885 – 1917
- Eduard Burkhardt 1894 – 1914
- Hermann Clemens 1896 – 1916
- Arthur Dambowsky 1887 – 1915
- Felix Ehrhardt 1897 – 1916
Alfred Enequist 1884 – 1914 - Fritz Erdmann 1888 – 1914
- Hans Erdmann 1894 – 1914
Christian Erxleben 1789 – 1789 - Walter Favre ? – 1916
Margarethe Filschke 1915 – 2002 - Alfred Goerlitz 1889 – 1915
Johannes Grasmann 1742 – 1828 - Albrecht Gregor 1897 – 1918
- Paul Gubsch 1896 – 1918
- Paul Gude 1892 – 1914
- Reinhold Gustavus 1891 – 1914
- Oswald Gysin 1897 – 1918
Otto Peucker 1897 – 1917 - Paul Peucker 1891 – 1918
- Walter Pyrlaeus 1887 – 1916
- Walter Reichel 1883 – 1918
- Wolfgang Reichel ? – 1918
- Martin Schaller 1883 – 1918
- Eugen Schmidt 1878 – 1914
Hermine Schutz 1818 – 1898
Looking for someone who isn't listed? Request a photo.
Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Herrnhut Municipal Cemetery 180 m away · Herrnhut
- Berthelsdorf Cemetery 1.4 km away · Herrnhut · 4 records
- Rennersdorf Church and Churchyard 2.9 km away · Rennersdorf
- Ruppersdorf Cemetery 3.1 km away · Herrnhut · 8 records
- Großhennersdorf Cemetery 4.3 km away · Großhennersdorf
- Obercunnersdorf Cemetery 5.6 km away · Kottmar · 2 records
- Bernstadt Cemetery 6.0 km away · Bernstadt auf dem Eigen
- Kemnitz Cemetery 6.0 km away · Kemnitz
- Ottenhain Cemetery 6.2 km away · Ottenhain
- 1 Oberoderwitz Cemetery 6.3 km away · Oderwitz · 6 records
Contribute with the app
Our website works smoothly on both desktop and mobile devices. Prefer a native app? Check it out below.
- Capture clear headstone photos
- Save GPS grave locations automatically
- Transcribe inscriptions with our AI
- Suggest corrections to existing records
Common questions
How big is Herrnhut God's Acre Cemetery?
Herrnhut God's Acre Cemetery covers about 37,000 m² (9.2 acres), about the size of 5 soccer fields. It is the 76th largest of the 1,500 cemeteries we list in Saxony.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Herrnhut God's Acre Cemetery is that of Christian Renatus Erxleben, who died in 1789 at the age of 0.