The Old Southern Cemetery of Munich

Stattreisen München e.V. has been taking people around their own city on foot since 1989, when discovering a city by walking rather than by bus was still an unusual idea in Munich. The association lists more than a hundred different walks and works with a team of around fifty guides drawn from history, art history, education, geography, architecture, politics and communication. This walk belongs to its Kultur im Grünen strand.

The Alte Südliche Friedhof — Munich’s Old Southern Cemetery — was laid out beyond the city gates as a burial ground for poor people, later served mainly as a plague cemetery, and towards the end of the eighteenth century became the city’s central cemetery. Nobody has been buried there since the Second World War. The walk covers the burial culture of the past and introduces figures from Munich’s history who lie there: Klenze and Kaulbach, Spitzweg and Sckell among them.

Practical details

• When: Sunday 6 September and Sunday 4 October 2026, 16:00
• Where: meeting point at the Stephansplatz entrance (U-Bahn and tram: Sendlinger Tor), Munich
• Duration: about 1.5 to 2 hours
• Language: German; the association notes that the walk can also be run in other languages, at a supplement
• Price: €17.00; €15.00 for pensioners and students; €210.00 for an adult group of 25
• Tickets: at the meeting point, or online from Stattreisen
• Organiser: Stattreisen München e.V., Nymphenburger Str. 149, Munich

Full details, dates and booking are on Stattreisen München’s own site. Cultural Heritage Online lists this walk for readers planning a trip to Munich; booking is handled directly by the organiser.