Stadtfriedhof Stöcken, Hanover

Name: Stadtfriedhof Stöcken
Address: Hanover, Germany

#65 among attractions in Hanover

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Stöcken City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery of the city of Hannover in the Stöcken district. It was opened in 1891 as the second city cemetery and was enlarged in several steps over the next decades. Today, the cemetery covers 55 hectares and 170,000 people have been buried here since 1891. The cemetery contains graves of prominent people, including Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf and the Madsack publishing family. Remains of the victims of serial killer Fritz Haarmann were also buried here.

Coordinates: 52°24'19"N, 9°40'4"E

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Herrenhausen-Stöcken (Stöcken)Hanover Germany

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Stadtfriedhof Stöcken – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Herrenhausen Gardens, Herrenhausen Palace, Herrenhäuser Kirche, Herrenhausen-Stöcken.

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Sprawling, 17th-century formal gardens
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Museum, Neoclassical architecture
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1.2 miSE
Church
Herrenhäuser Kirche, Hanover
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0.8 miE
Neighbourhood
Herrenhausen-Stöcken, Hanover
20 min walk • Herrenhausen-Stöcken is a borough of the German city of Hanover, northwest of the city centre. In 2020 it had a population of 37,543. It consists of the quarters Burg, Herrenhausen, Ledeburg, Leinhausen, Marienwerder and Stöcken. Industries include Johnson Controls and Herrenhäuser Brewery founded in 1868.
1.2 miSE
Botanical garden
Botanischer Schulgarten Burg, Hanover
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1.3 miSE
52°23'36"N • 9°41'33"E
Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. Kirchenamt, Hanover
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Church
St. Christophorus, Hanover
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1.4 miSE
Museum
Fürstenhaus Herrenhausen, Hanover
36 min walk • The Fürstenhaus Herrenhausen Museum in Hanover-Herrenhausen is a palace owned by the Guelph family, which was used as a museum from 1955 to 2011. The listed palace, which for a long time could also be booked for events, displayed furniture...