Origins and development
The Erlanger Straße cemetery was inaugurated on 29 December 1881 to replace the older burial ground on Nürnberger Straße. The former mortuary from that cemetery was moved here in 1897 and now serves as a columbarium.
Origins: 29 December 1881. The cemetery is in Northern Fürth, Erlanger Straße, at Erlanger Straße 97, 90765 Fürth. Its area is approximately 25 hectares.
Design and present-day character
The municipal main cemetery, with listed halls, a columbarium and long-established family graves.
Read this character description together with the development of Fürth 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.
Distinctive features on the grounds
The former mortuary was moved here from the old Nürnberger Straße cemetery in 1897.
This historic building is now used as a columbarium.
The city provides a free cemetery mobility vehicle for visitors with restricted mobility.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 44 named places for Fürth Cemetery. Among them are Cemetery entrance, Section plan and visitor information, Friedhof Nordeingang. 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 Fürth Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact City of Fürth – Cemetery Administration rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.