It is the second largest cemetery in Prague and is registered in the state list of cultural monuments.

[4] Notable burials here include the geographer Víťazoslav Cintula,[5] the novelist Jaroslav Foglar, the composer Julius Fučík, the sculptor Otto Gutfreund, President Emil Hácha,[6] President Václav Havel's ashes,[7] writers Jan Karafiát[8] and Egon Kisch, the painter Jakub Schikaneder, children's writer Karel Václav Rais, and historian and writer Zikmund Winter.

[1] Former President Emil Hácha's burial was performed here under heavy security on 1 July 1945 when the Minister of the Interior, Václav Nosek, gave instructions that the grave was to remain unmarked.

Famous political dissident and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel, had his ashes buried here in the family vault joining his parents.

[9] As part of the European Heritage Days initiative this cemetery was opened to the public in September 2012.