Cemetery #8436
Osterholzer Cemetery
Local name: Osterholzer Friedhof
Also known as Friedhof Osterholz
0
documented records
≈ 13k–26k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.660 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Osterholz cemetery lies on the border of the Bremen districts of Osterholz and Sebaldsbrück and is the largest cemetery in Bremen at 76 hectares. It was opened as the municipal central cemetery in 1920. It is laid out as a park cemetery and, since 1945, has preserved a number of artistically and historically significant graves.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 53.064171° N, 8.919182° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Osterholz Cemetery Field of Honour for Dutch War Victims 130 m away · Bremen
- Bremen-Sebaldsbrück Cemetery 2.0 km away · Bremen
- Hemelingen Cemetery 2.8 km away · Hemelingen
- Arbergen Cemetery 2.9 km away · Arbergen
- Oberneuland Cemetery 3.4 km away · Bremen
- Hastedt Cemetery 3.4 km away · Bremen
- Bremen-Hastedt Jewish Cemetery 3.7 km away · Bremen
- Mahndorf Cemetery 4.0 km away · Bremen
- Bremen Horn Cemetery 4.9 km away · Bremen
- Riensberg Jewish Cemetery 5.6 km away · Bremen
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How big is Osterholzer Cemetery?
Osterholzer Cemetery covers about 66 hectares (660,000 m²), about the same size as Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the 3rd largest of the 3,860 cemeteries we list in Baden-Württemberg.