Origins and development
Chapel I dates from 1909, Chapel II from 1972, and the wooden bell tower from 1988. The ‘Den Opfern’ memorial was erected in 1923; the cemetery also contains about 400 war graves and a Soviet honorary cemetery with more than 650 burials.
Origins: 1907. The cemetery is in Bergedorf; part of the grounds lies in Schleswig-Holstein, at August-Bebel-Straße 200, 21029 Hamburg. Its area is approximately 38 hectares.
Design and present-day character
A spacious woodland cemetery designed by Wilhelm Cordes. Two chapels, a wooden bell tower, and war and honorary burial grounds shape the site.
Read this character description together with the development of Bergedorf Cemetery: it identifies what gives the grounds their present identity without turning the cemetery into a purely historical attraction. A visit can focus on spatial structure and named orientation points while leaving individual graves undisturbed.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 23 named places for Bergedorf Cemetery. Among them are Entrance, Chapel I, Friedhof Bergedorf (Kapelle 2). Use these names to relate the historical account to locations visible during a visit, without assuming that every historical feature has its own marker.
Continue the visit
The cemetery tour turns selected named points at Bergedorf Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Bergedorf Borough Office rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.