Origins and development
Opened in 1920, the cemetery documents early twentieth-century cemetery reform. Several memorial fields commemorate war dead, concentration-camp victims and forced labourers.
Origins: Opened in 1920 and laid out according to reform-era design principles with clear axes. The cemetery is in Seelhorst, Döhren-Wülfel borough, at Garkenburgstraße 43, 30519 Hannover. Its area is approximately 62 hectares.
Design and present-day character
A reform cemetery with clear path axes, a Buddhist section, children’s fields, war and concentration-camp memorials, and the nature-oriented Seelwald.
Read this character description together with the development of Seelhorst City 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 23 named places for Seelhorst City Cemetery. Among them are Garkenburgstraße main entrance, New chapel, Site map 2. 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 Seelhorst City Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact State Capital Hanover, Municipal Cemeteries Division rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.