This curated selection is not a complete register. The churchyard holds many other notable graves, including those of Minna Cauer, Max Bruch, Gustav Kirchhoff, Leopold Kronecker, May Ayim and Rio Reiser.
Notable graves in focus
Selected people
5 documented gravesGraves of the Brothers Grimm Literature and language
Jacob Grimm
1785–1863
Linguist and literary scholar, co-founder of German studies and, with his brother, editor of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales.
View mapGraves of the Brothers Grimm Literature and language
Wilhelm Grimm
1786–1859
Linguist, literary scholar and collector of fairy tales who worked closely with his brother Jacob.
View mapRudolf Virchow’s grave Medicine and science
Rudolf Virchow
1821–1902
Pathologist, social-medicine pioneer and politician whose cellular pathology shaped modern medicine.
View mapHedwig Dohm’s grave Women’s rights
Hedwig Dohm
1831–1919
Writer and one of the early radical voices of the German women’s movement.
View mapGrave of Alfred Messel and family Architecture
Alfred Messel
1853–1909
Architect whose Berlin department stores set new standards for modern commercial architecture.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Rudolf Virchow and Hedwig Dohm have individual OSM grave objects with precise coordinates. Alfred Messel’s burial here and the real Commons photograph are documented, but no metre-level open map point is available. His entry therefore has no estimated map link.
Preparing a visit
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