Bogenhausen Cemetery is the resting place of many public figures. This selection focuses on five people for whom an identifiable, reusable photograph of the grave is available. It is not a complete register.
Notable graves in profile
Selected people
5 documented gravesRainer Werner Fassbinder’s grave Stage & film
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1945–1982
Grave within the cemetery; precise location not availableRainer Werner Fassbinder was a film director. His grave is one of the publicly documented graves at Bogenhausen Cemetery.
Erich Kästner’s grave Literature
Erich Kästner
1899–1974
Grave within the cemetery; precise location not availableErich Kästner was a writer. His grave is documented at Bogenhausen Cemetery.
Liesl Karlstadt’s grave Stage & film
Liesl Karlstadt
1892–1960
Grave within the cemetery; precise location not availableLiesl Karlstadt, born Elisabeth Wellano, was an actor. Her grave is at Bogenhausen Cemetery.
Oskar Maria Graf’s grave Literature
Oskar Maria Graf
1894–1967
Grave within the cemetery; precise location not availableOskar Maria Graf was a writer. His grave is documented at Bogenhausen Cemetery.
Memorial slab for Johann Georg von Soldner Science
Johann Georg von Soldner
1776–1833
Soldner memorial slab at St Georg churchJohann Georg von Soldner was a court astronomer and directed Bavaria’s first state survey. His memorial slab is at St Georg.
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Understanding the map
Only the Soldner memorial slab has a precise mapped position in this directory. It is located at St Georg church. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Erich Kästner, Liesl Karlstadt and Oskar Maria Graf are documented as buried in the cemetery and each grave is identified by its photograph, but no point position is given.
The notable-graves map therefore contains exactly one marker. No estimated coordinate or map link is added to the other four entries.
Prepare your visit
To visit one of the unmapped graves, contact the cemetery administration in advance with the full name and life dates. The municipal PDF cemetery map shows the three burial fields but cannot replace a specific grave number.
The cemetery tour has a different purpose and links five general points of orientation. For a person outside this selection, grave search explains which details help with an administration enquiry.