Alter Niendorfer Friedhof | |
Established: | 1840 |
Country: | Germany |
Location: | Hamburg |
Coordinates: | 53.6161°N 9.9497°W |
Type: | Protestant cemetery |
Owner: | Niendorf Evangelical Lutheran parish |
Size: | 4.5 ha |
Graves: | 2,350 |
Interments: | 6,500 |
The Lutheran Old Niendorf Cemetery (German: Alter Niendorfer Friedhof) is a church-operated historic burial ground in Hamburg, Germany. The cemetery is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran parish church of Niendorf, Hamburg.
The old cemetery was established in 1840 as a parish burial ground for the baroque church of Niendorf which was built in 1770. The cemetery has a size of approximately 4.5 hectares, on which there are 2,350 graves, where 6,500 people are buried. The cemetery is one of the most historically significant cemeteries in Hamburg. It contains a high number of large family tombs and mausoleums.
Notable people buried here include many members of the Hanseatic families of Hamburg, such as