Origins and development
The first burials took place in 1923 and the funeral hall was built in 1925. A Jewish section followed in the late 1920s. The first crematorium was built in 1932, damaged in 1944 and restored after the war; the present crematorium dates from 2002. The Memoriam garden was added in 2011. The graves of Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Peter Klöckner and Johann Wilhelm Welker recall artistic and industrial history.
Origins: First burials in 1923. The cemetery is in Duisburg-Wanheimerort, at Düsseldorfer Straße 601, 47055 Duisburg. Its area is approximately 67 hectares.
Design and present-day character
The forest cemetery covers about 67 hectares, with approximately 50 kilometres of paths and 6,000 trees. Distances between funeral buildings, memorial areas and mausoleums can be long; identify the grave section and suitable entrance before visiting.
Read this character description together with the development of Duisburg Forest 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 22 named places for Duisburg Forest Cemetery. Among them are Pedestrian gate 1, Funeral hall, Cemetery administration 1. 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 Duisburg Forest Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Wirtschaftsbetriebe Duisburg – cemetery administration rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.