Alt-Stralau Cemetery

Character and history

A village churchyard beside the River Spree, with a medieval church, maple avenue and a Gothic Revival chapel.

The burial ground is documented from 1412. A Gothic Revival chapel was built in 1912, and a red-brick memorial from the 1920s commemorates Stralau residents killed in the First World War. The cemetery, chapel and war memorial have been protected since 1995. The village church is a late Gothic hall church from the fifteenth century. Its north wall carries the 1795 epitaph for Charlotte Dorothée Nusch, the oldest surviving grave monument in the cemetery.

Key details

Alt-Stralau Cemetery is in Alt-Stralau, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The visitor address is Tunnelstraße 5-11, 10245 Berlin. Its area is approximately 1.35 hectares.

Prepare a visit in four steps

1. Read the opening hours for Alt-Stralau Cemetery: Open daily from 08:00. Closing time: December–January 16:00; February and November 17:00; March and October 18:00; April and September 19:00; May–August 20:00.
2. Open address and directions, then match the journey to the access information: The entrances are on Tunnelstraße 5–11. The map shows two pedestrian gates, the church and the chapel.
3. Use the cemetery map to work from 15 named orientation points. A particular grave still requires its section, row and grave number.
4. Notable graves introduces selected people and memorials associated with Alt-Stralau Cemetery, including Manfred Bofinger.

Travel snapshot

Tunnelstraße and Alt-Stralau stops serve the approach to the cemetery. For the entrance on Tunnelstraße, check the direction of travel and current timetable.

There is no visitor parking inside the cemetery grounds. Public on-street parking spaces are available on Tunnelstraße. These spaces are free of charge. Check the current signs on site.

If any part of the visit to Alt-Stralau Cemetery depends on an appointment, a particular burial section or a short route, use the cemetery administration details before setting out.