Cemeteries

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The municipal cemeteries include 21 municipal cemeteries with an area of approx. 25 hectares. Almost all deceased residents of Jena are buried here.

The city's cemeteries are places of remembrance, mourning and contemplation. They reflect the cultural history of the region and also provide a refuge for plants and animals.

The main cemetery is the 22-hectare North Cemetery with over 9,000 graves, a cemetery hall and crematorium. The administration of the municipal cemeteries is also located here.

The cemeteries Nordfriedhof, Ostfriedhof and the cemeteries in Closewitz, Göschwitz, Lobeda Altstadt, Wöllnitz and Ziegenhain offer funeral halls with the most basic facilities.

Cemetery administration

Hufelandweg 4
07743 Jena
Germany
Phone
03641 4989-400
E-Mail
friedhof@jena.de

Opening hours

Mon 08:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00

Tue, Wed 08:00-12:00

Thu 08:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00

Fri 08:00-11:00

To avoid waiting times, please make an appointment in advance by telephone.

North Cemetery

Today, Jena's North Cemetery is not only one of the most scenic cemeteries in Germany, it is also an important cultural and historical monument. Large parts of the North Cemetery are listed as a garden monument.

Location: Hufelandweg 4
Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 1, 4, 34 stops Nordfriedhof, Scharnhorststraße, line 15 stop Scharnhorststraße
Area of the cemetery: 21.85 ha
Number of gravesites: 9,050

The cemetery administration at the Nordfriedhof cemetery is responsible for registering the death, selecting the grave site and arranging the date for the funeral service and burial. We will be happy to advise you on the design of gravesites and gravestones and provide information on the use of the gravesites.
Further information about the cemetery administration can be found HERE.

Other municipal cemeteries

Celebration hall at the East Cemetery
Celebration hall at the East Cemetery
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Eastern cemetery

Location: Finkenweg

Accessibility by public transport: Line 14, Steinborn stop

Area of the cemetery: 2.22 ha

Number of gravesites: 1,150

the eastern cemetery was inaugurated in 1907.


Cemetery hall

The ceremony hall, built in 1908, has 47 seats and a separate farewell room. in 2002, the masonry was insulated and the interior renovated.


Burial sites

  • Choice of urn graves
  • garden urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns

There are honorary graves at the Ostfriedhof for:

  • Gustav Lemnitz (city councillor and foreman),
  • Wilhelm Härdrich (engineer),
  • Hans Schlag (architect),
  • Klaus Peter Hertzsch (theologian)

and war graves

  • of 14 unknown Buchenwald prisoners who were shot during the evacuation march through Jena.
  • The tomb of master baker Zahn, dating from 1911, is the oldest tomb still in existence today.

Ammerbach cemetery

Location: between Buchaer Straße and Ammerbacher Straße

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 12, Ammmerbach Ort stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.32 ha

Number of graves: 450

The cemetery, which was established in 1898 to the east of the district, has been extended four times and today serves as a burial site for urns for the residents of Ammerbach, Beutenberg, Ringwiese and Winzerla.

Celebration hall

The small cemetery hall, built in 1902, forms the center of the cemetery with its clinker brickwork. One of the two water points is located in the immediate vicinity.

Gravesites

  • Choice of urn burial sites in various sizes
Celebration hall at the Ammerbach cemetery
Celebration hall at the Ammerbach cemetery
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Celebration hall at the Burgau cemetery
Celebration hall at the Burgau cemetery
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Burgau cemetery

Location: between Göschwitzer Straße and Keßlerstraße

Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 3, 4, 5, 13, 34, 35, 41 Burgau stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.24 ha

Number of gravesites: 110

As the cemetery at the church was insufficient, a communal cemetery was opened in 1914 adjacent to the parish garden. A mortuary from 1920, which is no longer in use, is located on the side facing the church.


Burial sites

  • Urn burial sites
  • Human-pet urn gravesites
  • gardener-maintained urn gravesites

Closewitz cemetery

Location: Closewitz
The Closewitz cemetery is located at the entrance to the village, coming from the Rautal valley.

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 16 Cospeda stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.15 ha

Number of graves: 45

Memorial hall

The simply furnished ceremony hall can be used and offers seating for 15 people.

Gravesites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardener-maintained urn burial plots
Celebration hall at the Closewitz cemetery
Celebration hall at the Closewitz cemetery
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Cospeda cemetery
Cospeda cemetery
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Cospeda cemetery

Location: Kirchgasse

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 16 Cospeda stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.06 ha

Number of gravesites: 45

Description of the cemetery

Passing the church cemetery and the church, you reach the municipal cemetery. The watering place is also located here.

Gravesites

  • Urn burial sites
  • Burial plots

Drackendorf cemetery

Location: At Goethepark

Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 3, 5, 34, 35 Richard-Sorge-Straße stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.06 ha

Number of gravesites: 25

The municipal cemetery is located in the immediate vicinity of Drackendorfer Park and next to the church. The cemetery is available for the burial of residents of the Drackendorf district.

Burial sites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots
Drackendorf cemetery
Drackendorf cemetery
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Celebration hall at the Göschwitz cemetery
Celebration hall at the Göschwitz cemetery
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Göschwitz cemetery

Location: Alte Hauptstraße
The cemetery is located on the north-western edge of the village in the middle of meadows.

Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 12, 13 Göschwitz Kirche stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.2 ha

Number of graves: 100

Memorial hall

The 60 m² cemetery hall, built in 1906 from prefabricated reinforced concrete elements, is a listed building and can be used as such.


Burial sites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardener-maintained urn gravesites
  • Gravesite of Adolf Grosch

Ilmnitz cemetery

Location: Ilmnitzer Dorfstraße
The small municipal cemetery is located on a hill in the east of Ilmnitz.

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 443 Ilmnitz stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.02 ha

Number of gravesites: 20

Burial sites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn gravesites


This is the war grave of a 17-year-old soldier from the Second World War.

Ilmnitz cemetery
Ilmnitz cemetery
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Isserstedt cemetery
Isserstedt cemetery
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Isserstedt cemetery

Location: Am Rasen

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 16 Isserstedt Ort stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.17 ha

Number of gravesites: 100

Gravesites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn burial plots


Grave sites worthy of protection: Hugo Becker and the Schunke family, the war grave of a soldier from the 2nd World War

Jenaprießnitz cemetery

Location: Dorfstraße, corner of Friedhofsweg
The cemetery is located on the western edge of the village.

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 431 Wogau stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.10 ha

Number of gravesites: 70

Gravesites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn burial plots
  • the war grave of a soldier from the 2nd World War

Cemetery Krippendorf

Location: Zur Windmühle
The cemetery is located on the northern edge of the village.

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 16 Krippendorf stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.15 ha

Number of gravesites: 30

Burial sites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots
  • the war grave of an unknown soldier from the 2nd World War
Cemetery Krippendorf
Cemetery Krippendorf
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Lichtenhain cemetery
Lichtenhain cemetery
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Lichtenhain cemetery

Location: Lichtenhainer Oberweg

Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 10, 11, 13 stop Fachhochschule or Hermann-Löns-Straße

Area of the cemetery: 0.45 ha

Number of gravesites: 230

The municipal cemetery, founded in 1882, already existed before the incorporation of Lichtenhain in 1913. Only the foundation walls of the cemetery hall built in 1898 remain.
The Zeiss industrial building 6/70, which was completed in the neighborhood in 1972, dominates the appearance of the cemetery.

Burial sites

  • Urn burial sites
  • Burial plots

Lobeda Old Town Cemetery

Location: At the cemetery

Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 4, 5, 34 Lobeda stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.53 ha

Number of gravesites: 1000

Cemetery hall

The cemetery was used from 1891. Shady 120-year-old lime trees stand by the wayside cross.
The 36 m² worship room of the ceremonial hall, built in 1911, is still used today for simple funeral services.


Burial sites

  • Choice of urn gravesites in various sizes

The oldest remaining grave is that of Friedrich Herdrich from 1891.
A memorial designed by the architects Schreiter and Schlag was dedicated in 1928 to commemorate the fallen of the First World War. War graves of 18 victims of the Second World War can be found in the cemetery.

Celebration hall at the Lobeda Old Town cemetery
Celebration hall at the Lobeda Old Town cemetery
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Maua cemetery
Maua cemetery
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Maua cemetery

Location: At the cemetery

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 13 Maua stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.07 ha

Number of gravesites: 10


Memorial hall

The communal cemetery is located directly next to the church and adjacent to the church cemetery at the no longer used celebration hall.


Burial sites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn gravesites

Münchenroda Cemetery

Location: Münchenrodaer Straße

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 18 shared call cab, stop Lucas-Cranach-Allee

Area of the cemetery: 0.25 ha

Number of gravesites: 40

The cemetery is located between the new residential area and the original site.


Gravesites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots
Münchenroda cemetery
Münchenroda cemetery
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Winzerla cemetery
Winzerla cemetery
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Winzerla cemetery

Location: Friedensweg

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 12, 13 Winzergasse stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.22 ha

Number of gravesites: 340

Gravesites

  • Choice of urn graves
  • gardened urn gravesites
  • War graves of 19 civilian victims of the 2nd World War

Wogau cemetery

Location: Wilhelm-Hauff-Weg

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 431 Wogau stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.09 ha

Number of gravesites: 50

Gravesites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn burial plots
  • War grave for three unknown prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp who were shot on the evacuation march through Wogau
Wogau cemetery
Wogau cemetery
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Wöllnitz cemetery
Wöllnitz cemetery
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Wöllnitz cemetery

Location: In the Krähmer, at the end of the village at the entrance to the Pennicken valley

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 41, 431, 443 Wöllnitz stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.25 ha

Number of gravesites: 70

Cemetery hall

The ceremony hall, built in 1921, is still used today for simple funeral services.


Gravesites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn gravesites
  • War graves of 9 civilian victims of the 2nd World War

Ziegenhain cemetery

Location: Grundweg

Accessibility by public transportation: Line 16, stop Ziegenhainer Tal, call cab Ziegenhain

Area of the cemetery: 0.22 ha

Number of gravesites: 160


Cemetery hall

The cemetery was established in 1856 and is the oldest municipal cemetery in Jena. After the renovation of the cemetery hall, which was built in 1921, in 1998, it can once again be used as a mourning hall.


Burial sites

  • Urn burial sites
  • gardener-maintained urn gravesites

The burial site of honorary citizen Albert Heintz is also located here.

Celebration hall at the Ziegenhain cemetery
Celebration hall at the Ziegenhain cemetery
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Celebration hall at the Zwätzen cemetery
Celebration hall at the Zwätzen cemetery
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Zwätzen cemetery

Location: Kreuzgasse

Accessibility by public transportation: Lines 1, 4, 34 Zwätzen Schleife stop

Area of the cemetery: 0.28 ha

Number of gravesites: 150

Cemetery hall

The cemetery has existed since 1895 and a cemetery hall was built in 1912.

Burial sites

  • Urn burial plots
  • Burial plots for urns
  • gardened urn burial plots
  • Memorial to the victims of the 1st World War,
  • Plaque at the ceremonial hall for the victims of the 2nd World War,
  • War graves of 5 German soldiers from the 2nd World War
  • Gravesite of Emil Elsässer, director of the agricultural school, worthy of protection

Cemetery administration

Hufelandweg 4
07743 Jena
Germany
Phone
03641 4989-400
E-Mail
friedhof@jena.de

Opening hours

Mon 08:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00

Tue, Wed 08:00-12:00

Thu 08:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00

Fri 08:00-11:00

To avoid waiting times, please make an appointment in advance by telephone.