Origins and development
The cemetery was laid out in woodland incorporated into the city in 1905 and opened on 1 September 1913.
Origins: 1913. The cemetery is in Gartenstadt and Falkenheim, at Julius-Loßmann-Straße 53, 90469 Nürnberg. Its area is approximately 62 hectares.
Design and present-day character
Nuremberg’s largest cemetery; a spacious park cemetery modelled on Munich’s woodland cemetery. Ten burial sections commemorate victims of the world wars.
Read this character description together with the development of Nuremberg South Cemetery: it identifies what gives the grounds their present identity without turning the cemetery into a purely historical attraction. A visit can focus on spatial structure and named orientation points while leaving individual graves undisturbed.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 21 named places for Nuremberg South Cemetery. Among them are South main entrance, Committal chapel, Südfriedhof site map 1. Use these names to relate the historical account to locations visible during a visit, without assuming that every historical feature has its own marker.
Continue the visit
The cemetery tour turns selected named points at Nuremberg South Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Nuremberg Cemetery Administration rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.