Cemetery profile
Hohenschönhausen Cemetery
Hohenschönhausen Cemetery at Ferdinand-Schultze-Str. 115 in Lichtenberg borough.
Address and entrances
Corner of Rhinstraße and Ferdinand-Schultze-Straße.
Getting here by public transport
Stop: Rhinstraße/Gärtnerstraße (Tram 27, M17; Bus 294). Continue on foot to the cemetery.
Cemetery map, parking and finding your way
Street parking is available on designated sections of Ferdinand-Schultze-Straße. Check local signs, time limits and available spaces.
Interactive orientation
Hohenschönhausen Cemetery on the map
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The numbering links each entry to its marker on the map.
Finding a grave
Direct existing-grave enquiries to Lichtenberg cemetery administration: 030 90296 4224, Kai-Uwe.Riesner@lichtenberg.berlin.de. Have the name and any known life or burial dates ready.
Cemetery administration and contact
Lichtenberg borough, Municipal Cemeteries unit, Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60, 10315 Berlin.
Location profile
History and distinctive features
Hohenschönhausen Cemetery contains the DenkOrt memorial to victims of Soviet Special Camp No. 3. An entrance framed by tall oak planks leads towards a field of varied boulders commemorating people buried without names. The cemetery entrance is at the corner of Rhinstraße and Ferdinand-Schultze-Straße.
- Visiting and use
- Municipal cemetery with the DenkOrt memorial to victims of Soviet Special Camp No. 3.
- Area
- 0.71 hectares