Stadtfriedhof (Göttingen)

[1] Due to the growing population of Göttingen in 1879 Mayor Georg Merkel decided to create a new cemetery at the city limits at Grone, today a suburb of Göttingen.

The first section, which covered an area of 7.5 acres (3.0 ha), was inaugurated in December 1881, and replaced the Albanifriedhof as a burial site.

In 1975 the town burial site was moved to the newly created Parkfriedhof Junkerberg.

Since then, only existing burial rights are allowed at the Göttingen City Cemetery.

[1] Eight Nobel Prize winners are buried here: In addition, the city cemetery is also the final resting place of:

The Stadtfriedhof Chapel designed by city architect Heinrich Gerber