The Invalids’ Cemetery is a historic burial ground and has been closed to new burials since 1951. This page therefore describes grave forms visible today; it is not a list of burial options currently available for purchase.
Forms surviving on site
- upright steles and headstones,
- restrained military graves,
- boulder monuments, including Marga von Etzdorf’s,
- heavy slabs and false sarcophagi,
- cast-iron crosses and enclosures,
- representative monuments and family plots,
- restitution stones at lost grave sites,
- reconstructed plots, including that of the Augusta Hospital nurses.
Original, reconstruction and marker
Not every visible object is an unchanged grave. Wartime damage and the GDR border strip destroyed or altered large parts of the cemetery. Some monuments have been restored, while selected plots have been reconstructed on their historical sites. Restitution stones mark certain lost graves without recreating the former monument.
A memorial stone may also commemorate someone no longer buried here. Manfred von Richthofen is one example: his remains were transferred to Wiesbaden in 1975, while a marker stands at the Invalids’ Cemetery.
Existing graves
Questions about preservation, care, work on a monument or possible rights of use belong with the cemetery administration. Protected heritage status may require additional consultation. The grave-care page helps prepare a practical brief for an existing grave.