400 hectares, 400,000 burial sites, 17 km of road network, twelve chapels, and two public bus lines: Ohlsdorf Cemetery is twice the size of the Principality of Monaco. Inaugurated in 1877, it is a piece of Hamburg's history, so to speak, the memory of the Hanseatic city. Notable Hamburg politicians such as mayors Max Brauer and Herbert Weichmann, countless members of old merchant families like the Amsinks, Berenbergs, or Godeffroys, as well as actors like Gustaf Gründgens and Hans Albers are buried here. Helmut Schoenfeld and his co-authors, all recognized experts, provide a detailed description of Ohlsdorf Cemetery: its flora and fauna, art and cultural history, as well as interesting facts about graves and burials.