Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf
Designated landmark wooden chapel of the Southwest Cemetery in Stahnsdorf
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Established1909
Location
CountryGermany
Coordinates52°23′20″N 13°10′50″E / 52.388889°N 13.180556°E / 52.388889; 13.180556
TypeProtestant cemetery
Owned byEvangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia
Size206 ha
No. of interments+120,000
WebsiteThe official website
Find a GraveSüdwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

The Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery (German: Südwestfriedhof Stahnsdorf der Berliner Synode) is a Protestant rural cemetery in Germany. Established in 1909, the cemetery is located in the municipality of Stahnsdorf in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. With a land area of approximately 206 ha, it is the largest church-owned Christian cemetery in Germany, as well as being the tenth largest cemetery in the world and Germany's second largest cemetery after Hamburg's Ohlsdorf Cemetery.[1] The cemetery is operated by the administration of the Berlin City Protestant Synod Association.[2] Due to its status as one of the most important landscape parks in the Berlin metropolitan area, along with the large amount of historically valuable tombs and other buildings which include the landmark wooden chapel, the cemetery was designated as a place of special importance and a protected area by the state of Brandenburg in 1982.

  1. ^ Der zehntgrößte Friedhof der Welt (The tenth largest cemetery in the world) in Berliner Zeitung. 2./3. September 2017, S. 12.
  2. ^ "The website of Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery in English". Retrieved 2023-09-20.