Cemetery #9363
St. James Cemetery, Weimar
Local name: Jacobsfriedhof
Also known as Jakobskirchhof · Jacobsfriedhof Weimar
4
documented records
≈ 78–160
approx. capacity (graves)
3,920 m²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Jacobsfriedhof is the oldest surviving burial ground in Weimar, laid out around the Jakobskirche in the Jacobsvorstadt; the first burials are dated as early as the 12th century. A mausoleum known as the Kassengewölbe, built in 1715 by a finance official as a private family vault, stands at its south-eastern edge. Lucas Cranach the Elder, Georg Neumark and Johann Karl August Musäus are buried here, and the site is now part of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. To learn more, visit weimar-lese.de.
Read more in our story: Beneath the Headstones: Cemeteries With Catacombs, Crypts and Bone Chapels
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 50.983391° N, 11.327520° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
4 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Wilhelmina Martini 1723 – 1785 - Anna Walther 1688 – 1757
- Johann Walther 1684 – 1748
- Johann Walther 1715 – 1771
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Weimar Jewish Cemetery 790 m away · Weimar
- Weimar Historic Cemetery 990 m away · Weimar · 112 records
- Weimar Soviet Cemetery of Honour 990 m away · Weimar
- Weimar Old Cemetery 1.4 km away · Weimar · 24 records
- Weimar New Cemetery 1.9 km away · Weimar
- Oberweimar Cemetery 2.2 km away · Weimar
- Tiefurt Cemetery 2.6 km away · Weimar
- Ehringsdorf Cemetery 2.9 km away · Ehringsdorf
- Tröbsdorf Cemetery 3.6 km away · Tröbsdorf
- Kromsdorf Nord Cemetery 3.6 km away · Kromsdorf Nord
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Common questions
How big is St. James Cemetery, Weimar?
St. James Cemetery, Weimar covers about 3,920 m² (1 acre), about half the size of a soccer field. It is the 585th largest of the 2,006 cemeteries we list in Thuringia.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for St. James Cemetery, Weimar is that of Johann Gottfried Walther, who died on March 23, 1748 at the age of 63.