Origins and development
Laid out from 1884; an anonymous urn field has existed since 1988, a Muslim burial field since 1990, and the Sterntalerfeld since 2003.
Origins: 1884. The cemetery is in between Auerberg, Buschdorf and Tannenbusch, at Kölnstraße, 53117 Bonn. Its area is approximately 22 hectares.
Design and present-day character
Bonn’s largest municipal cemetery, laid out as a landscape garden to plans by Ludwig von Noel and partly protected as a monument.
Read this character description together with the development of Bonn North 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 8 named places for Bonn North Cemetery. Among them are Cemetery chapel, War memorial, Nordfriedhof stop, platform 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 Bonn North Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Federal City of Bonn, Office for the Environment and Urban Greenery rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.