Burgtor Cemetery

Burgtor Cemetery (Burgtorfriedhof)
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Established1834; 190 years ago (1834)
Location
Eschenburgstraße 20, 23568 Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein
CountryGermany
Coordinates53°53′4.9″N 10°42′16.9″E / 53.884694°N 10.704694°E / 53.884694; 10.704694
No. of graves8700+
Websiteofficial website
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Burgtor Cemetery or Burgtorfriedhof (Castle Gate Cemetery), originally the Allgemeine Gottesacker, is the successor to other cemeteries in Burgtor, Lübeck suburb of St. Gertrud. It was officially opened in 1834 and today covers an area of around eight hectares and around 8700 burial sites.[1]

  1. ^ "Friedhöfe – Rathaus". www.luebeck.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-29.