Curated selection
Selected people
7 documented gravesEugen Bracht's grave Notable people
Eugen Bracht
1842–1921
Section L 3b, grave 3The landscape painter and teacher worked in Berlin and Dresden among other places. His resting place is an honorary grave of Darmstadt.
Heinrich von Brentano's family grave Notable people
Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo
1904–1964
Section R 12b, grave 57The politician served as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1955 to 1961. The family grave has its own map position in the notable-graves catalogue.
View mapAugust Buxbaum's grave Notable people
August Buxbaum
1876–1960
Section L 2h, grave 1Darmstadt's municipal architect designed Waldfriedhof and shaped its architecture and circulation.
Michail von Dolivo-Dobrowolsky's grave Notable people
Michail von Dolivo-Dobrowolsky
1862–1919
Section R 6a, grave 6The electrical engineer was a pioneer of practical three-phase power technology. His grave is maintained as an honorary grave.
Erasmus Kittler's grave Notable people
Erasmus Kittler
1852–1929
Section L 6a, grave 15/16The physicist led one of the world's earliest electrical-engineering degree programmes at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Carlo Mierendorff's grave Notable people
Carlo Mierendorff
1897–1943
Section L 3c, grave 7dThe Social Democrat and resistance figure belonged to the Kreisau Circle and died in an air raid on Leipzig in 1943.
Notable people
Paula Ludwig
1900–1974
Section R 14f, grave 4/10The Austrian-German writer and painter is best known for her poetry. Her resting place is an honorary grave of Darmstadt.
This selection contains seven graves and is not a complete register. Every card gives the published grave reference. Only the grave with its own precise position also receives a map reference.
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