This tour links five mapped stops from the historic entrance area on Ungererstraße to the northern part of the cemetery. It focuses on the architecture shaped by Hans Grässel, later urn structures and the memorial grove for victims of aerial warfare.
Prepare for the tour
Check the seasonal opening hours and save the official PDF from the cemetery map page before visiting. The interactive map shows the five stops; the PDF helps place paths and burial sections in context.
Begin at the visitor address, Ungererstraße 130. The stops form an intelligible sequence, but not a drawn or measured route.
Tour for orientation
5 stops for orientation
The order is a suggestion. Use the existing cemetery paths on site and check the stops on the interactive map.
Funeral hall and mortuary
Coordinates: 48.1747138, 11.5997437
Sphinxes at the entrance portal
Coordinates: 48.1748552, 11.5992708
Urn walls
Coordinates: 48.1738080, 11.6015496
Urn hall
Coordinates: 48.1767961, 11.6059480
Memorial grove for victims of aerial warfare
Bronze memorial by Hans Wimmer; the site is mapped as wheelchair accessible.
Coordinates: 48.1769272, 11.6032116
Understanding the five stops
1. Funeral hall and mortuary
Built between 1896 and 1899 to designs by Hans Grässel, these buildings mark the historic entrance area. The funeral hall’s octagonal dome is Nordfriedhof’s architectural landmark.
2. Sphinxes at the entrance portal
The two reconstructed sphinxes stand at the funeral hall portal. The first returned in 2019 and the second followed in 2020. This point marks the transition from the entrance buildings into the cemetery’s symmetrical layout.
3. Urn walls
The urn walls are among the elements structuring the grounds. Their map marker provides a point of reference on the way from the entrance area towards the urn hall.
4. Urn hall
Designed by Eugen Jacoby, the urn hall was added in 1962. It lies east of the preceding stops and represents a later phase in the cemetery’s architectural development.
5. Memorial grove for victims of aerial warfare
The sequence ends in the northern grounds at the memorial grove. It is the burial place of 2,099 people, and the bronze monument is by Hans Wimmer. The site combines spatial orientation with remembrance of the victims of aerial warfare.
How to use the sequence
Follow the existing cemetery paths between stops. No reliable information is available for route length, duration, gradients or step-free continuity.
This is not a designated circular walk and no return route to the exit has been calculated. Use the map filters if you also need to display water points, access points or public transport stops.
Orientation rather than grave search
The tour focuses on Nordfriedhof’s architecture and culture of remembrance. It is not a grave-search route. Locating an individual grave requires specific location information; the grave search page explains how to use a grave reference, the PDF and geographic coordinates.