The Invalids’ Cemetery has been closed to new burials since 1951. Surviving graves are distributed across historical sections, while many sites were lost through wartime damage, border construction and later clearance.
If you already have a location reference
- Copy the burial section, name and any old row or grave number without altering the notation.
- Compare the four entrances and landmarks on the cemetery map.
- Search systematically along the paths within the stated section.
- Photograph or record the location for a later visit without stepping onto neighbouring graves.
Sections A to H are historical divisions. A letter alone is not a geographic coordinate and does not automatically lead to one grave.
If you only have a name
Contact the cemetery administration before visiting. Useful details include:
- full name and spelling variants,
- years of birth and death,
- approximate burial period,
- an old grave number, section or family name,
- a historical photograph or traceable route description.
This portal does not maintain a complete name register. Neither the historical 1925 plan nor today’s interactive map provides a person search.
Graves with mapped locations
Notable graves presents eight profiles with grave photographs and map points, including Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Marga von Etzdorf and Ernst Troeltsch. The selection helps you recognise these graves on site, but cannot answer enquiries about other people.