Origins and development
The cemetery opened on 20 April 1902. The chapel dates from 1927 and the freestanding bell tower from 1962. Its Blankenese name reflects the parish’s former extent.
Origins: 20 April 1902. The cemetery is in Sülldorf, western Hamburg, at Sülldorfer Kirchenweg 151, 22589 Hamburg. Its area is approximately 17.5 hectares.
Design and present-day character
A church-managed park cemetery with mature trees, a chapel, urn grove and natural burial areas. The grounds are in Sülldorf.
Read this character description together with the development of Blankenese 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.
Distinctive features on the grounds
The chapel was built in 1927 to a design by F. Winkelmann.
The freestanding bell tower was added in 1962.
The grounds have been protected under Hamburg’s heritage law since 2013.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 11 named places for Blankenese Cemetery. Among them are Cemetery entrance, Blankenese cemetery chapel, Blankeneser Friedhof. 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 Blankenese Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Blankenese church cemetery rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.