Central Cemetery Lüneburg

The Central Cemetery of Lüneburg has existed since 1876. It covers an area of 12.9 hectares and is located on Soltauer Straße in the Mittelfeld district of Lüneburg. The cemetery contains 15,000 gravestones. With an area of 24.1 hectares and 20,000 gravestones, it is the second largest cemetery in the city of Lüneburg after the forest cemetery in the Kaltenmoor district.

Towards the end of the 19th century, when the space at the Gertrude Cemetery and the St. Antoni Cemetery was no longer sufficient, a large collective cemetery was created on Soltauer Strasse after long negotiations, which was under the jurisdiction of the St. Johanniskirche for decades. According to Wilhelm Friedrich Volger, the first burial took place there in 1876. In 1883 the neo-Gothic cemetery chapel was consecrated. Between 1907 and 1933, the cemetery was expanded. In April 1966, the Central Cemetery was taken over by the city of Lüneburg, but it was not until 1983 that it was opened for further burials. Six war cemeteries have been created throughout the complex, including one for victims of the Hamburg firestorm of 1943. Under the direction of the VDK, a commemorative ceremony is held every year on the Day of Remembrance on the Ehrenhain III.

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