Park-Cemetery Olsdorffriedhof

Olsdorffriedhof Cemetery, established in 1877 and located in Hamburg, is considered the largest park-cemetery in the world, where you walk and move by transport.

The area of the cemetery is 391 hectares. There are 12 chapels, more than 1.5 million burials on the streets with a length of 17 kilometers. There are 4 entrances for cars and public transport. The cemetery has long been used as a place to relax and walk. Numerous mausoleums, rhododendrons, ponds, sculptures have made the cemetery one of the main attractions of the city, which is visited by about 2 million people from all over the world.

The cemetery houses 6 memorials to the victims of Nazism, a memorial grove for the resistance fighters of Hamburg, dedicated to anti-fascists. The park also houses a museum, which aims to attract public interest in the cemetery. He keeps documents about his history, maps, tools, urns and some old tombstones.