Ohlsdorf Cemetery

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Ohlsdorfer Friedhof Ohlsdorf cemetery
Burial site at Ohlsdorf cemetery
Details
Established	1877
Location	Ohlsdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates	53°37′29″N 10°3′42″E / 53.62472°N 10.06167°E / 53.62472; 10.06167
Type	Public
Size	391 hectares (966 acres)
No. of graves	280,000+
No. of interments	1.5 million
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	Ohlsdorfer Friedhof Ohlsdorf cemetery

Ohlsdorf Cemetery (German: Ohlsdorfer Friedhof or (former) Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf) in the Ohlsdorf quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany, is the biggest rural cemetery in the world^[1] and the fourth-largest cemetery in the world.^[2] Most of the people buried at the cemetery are civilians, but there is also a large number of victims of war from various nations.^[3] The cemetery notably includes the Old Hamburg Memorial Cemetery (Althamburgischer Gedächtnisfriedhof, formerly Ehrenfriedhof) with the graves of many notable Hamburg citizens.