Cemetery profile
Old Garrison Cemetery
Alter Garnisonfriedhof in Mitte: surviving officers’ graves, cast-iron crosses and Schinkel’s Holtzendorff monument.
Opening hours
| Period | Cemetery access |
|---|---|
| April–September | 07:00–19:00 |
| October–March | 08:00–16:00. |
Address and entrances
Getting here by public transport
Stop: Rosenthaler Platz (Underground U8); alternatively U Rosenthaler Platz (Bus 142; Tram M1, M8). Continue on foot to the cemetery.
Cemetery map, parking and finding your way
Adjacent sections of Linienstraße and Gormannstraße have resident restrictions: parking from 09:00 until midnight is reserved for permit holders. Visitors should not rely on these sections for general parking.
Interactive orientation
Old Garrison Cemetery on the map
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The numbering links each entry to its marker on the map.
Finding a grave
For enquiries about a former grave, email friedhof@ba-mitte.berlin.de. Supply the name, this cemetery and any known life or burial dates; ask about surviving registers or the responsible archive.
Cemetery administration and contact
Mitte borough cemetery administration, Dohnagestell 9, 13351 Berlin.
Location profile
History and distinctive features
The surviving grounds of Alter Garnisonfriedhof formed its western officers’ cemetery; the former soldiers’ section to the east was built over. Nineteenth-century cast-iron grave crosses and Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s monument to Carl Friedrich von Holtzendorff remain distinctive features. The last burial took place in 1961.
- Visiting and use
- Historic cemetery with no new burials.
- Area
- 0.89 hectares