People and memorials
Selected people
Biographies and grave informationPolitics & public life
Claus Arndt
16.04.1927–10.02.2014
The Hamburg lawyer and SPD politician served in the German Bundestag from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1976. As a long-standing member of the G10 Commission, he contributed to parliamentary oversight of the intelligence services.
Grave of Werner Hackmann at Bergedorf Cemetery Politics & public life
Werner Hackmann
17.04.1947–28.01.2007
The SPD politician served as Hamburg's Interior Senator from 1988 to 1994 before taking on senior roles in professional football. The first president of the League Association and chairman of the DFL supervisory board, he was named its honorary president posthumously.
Grave of Ernst Henning at Bergedorf Cemetery Politics & public life
Ernst Henning
12.10.1892–14.03.1931
A trained moulder and trade unionist, he represented the KPD in the Hamburg Parliament and helped establish Bergedorf's workers' and soldiers' council in 1918. In 1931, SA men shot him as he travelled home from a meeting.
Politics & public life
Marie Henning
26.12.1895–05.01.1948
After the murder of her husband Ernst, the KPD politician entered the Hamburg Parliament in 1931 and served until 1933. The Gestapo imprisoned her repeatedly during the Nazi period.
Grave of Georg Hulbe at Bergedorf Cemetery Art & architecture
Georg Hulbe
1851–1917
The bookbinder and leather craftsman created elaborately embossed, painted and gilded works spanning Historicism and Art Nouveau. Pieces from his Hamburg workshop are now held by institutions including the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Grave of Kurt A. Körber at Bergedorf Cemetery Enterprise
Kurt A. Körber
07.09.1909–10.08.1992
The technician, inventor and industrialist built the Hauni engineering works in Bergedorf and filed more than 200 patents during his lifetime. Through what is now the Körber Foundation, he supported science, education and culture.
This guide introduces selected biographies and graves connected with Bergedorf Cemetery, including Claus Arndt, Werner Hackmann, Ernst Henning, Marie Henning, Georg Hulbe and Kurt A. Körber. It is not a complete account of the people buried at the cemetery.
Locating the graves
No precise grave position is shown here for Claus Arndt, Werner Hackmann, Ernst Henning, Marie Henning, Georg Hulbe and Kurt A. Körber. Ask Bergedorf Borough Office for the section, row and grave number, then relate that reference to an entrance or named landmark on the general cemetery map.
Images for recognition
Grave or memorial photographs are shown for Werner Hackmann, Ernst Henning, Georg Hulbe and Kurt A. Körber. Use a photograph only as a recognition aid after obtaining the grave reference; it does not replace the section, row and grave number.
Ask about another person
Send Bergedorf Borough Office the full name, known life dates, possible spelling variants and an approximate burial period. Ask specifically for the section, row and grave number. Include August-Bebel-Straße 200, 21029 Hamburg so the enquiry identifies Bergedorf Cemetery when the operator manages more than one cemetery.