Available plan information
A compact official site plan for Leipzig South Cemetery is not currently available here. The interactive map shows mapped landmarks and does not replace an official grave register. This plan information applies to Leipzig South Cemetery; use it together with the named points below rather than as a substitute for an individual grave reference.
A selection from the named places on the cemetery map
- Information-centre access 1
- Chapel complex
- Office for Urban Green and Water, Cemeteries Division
- Information board at the air-raid victims’ burial ground
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 245
- Black pine
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal
- East visitor parking
- Toilets by the information centre
- Water point
- West Gate
- Cemetery administration customer service
- Victims of tyranny
- Urn grove
- An der Tabaksmühle
- West toilets
- Water filling point
- South Gate
- Südfriedhof information point
- Memorial to the victims of fascism
- Urn garden
- Naunhofer Straße
- East toilets
- Cemetery map
The list shows 24 functionally varied orientation points; the interactive map contains all 94 located objects for Leipzig South Cemetery. Begin with the entrance relevant to the journey, identify a nearby name from the selection, and move between named places only after checking their position on the map.
Use the map for a grave visit
The map of Leipzig South Cemetery does not provide a complete grave register. To find one grave, first obtain the section, row and grave number through grave search or from City of Leipzig, Cemeteries Department. As no directly usable plan is linked above, ask how the section relates to an entrance, then use the closest named orientation point for the final approach.
What the markers do and do not mean
A marker on the Leipzig South Cemetery map identifies a named place at the cemetery. It does not by itself state that a building is open, that a route is step-free or that a grave lies nearby. For those needs, combine the marker with the access details, the grave reference and, where necessary, an enquiry to the cemetery administration.