The Alter Südfriedhof ("Old South Cemetery"), also known as Alter Südlicher Friedhof, is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Gate between Thalkirchner and Pestalozzistraße.
History The cemetery was established in 1563, during the reign of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, for victims of the plague and located outside the city gates. It was also the burial ground of the dead from the Sendling uprising of 1705, in which over 1100 were killed after they had surrendered to the troops of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor. From 1788 to 1867, it was the single collective burial ground for the dead of the city.
Notable interments Between 1788 and 1868, it served as the sole cemetery for the entire metropolitan area of Munich, resulting in the presence of notable graves belonging to several prominent figures from that period in Munich's history. Albrecht Adam - painter, 1786-1862 Max Emanuel Ainmiller – painter, 1807–1870 Franz Xaver von Baader – philosopher, 1765–1841 Jakob Bauer – first mayor, 1787–1854 Theodor von Bischoff – anatomist and physician, 1807–1882 Gottlieb Bodmer – painter and lithographer, 1804–1837 Roman Anton Boos – sculptor, 1730–1810 Friedrich Brugger – sculptor (1815–1870) Friedrich Bürklein – architect, 1813–1872 Adolf Christen – theatre director and producer, 1811–1883 Anna Dandler – actress, 1862–1930 Ernst Friedrich Diez – opera singer, 1805–1892 Sophie Diez – opera singer, 1820–1887 Johann Georg von Dillis – landscape painter, 1759–1841 Ignaz von Döllinger – theologian, 1799–1890 Johann Georg Edlinger – painter, 1741–1819 Alexander Eibner – painter and painting tutor, 1862–1935 Caspar Ett – composer, 1788–1847 Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer – traveller, journalist, politician and historian, 1790–1861 Carl von Fischer – architect, 1782–1820 Ludwig Foltz – architect, sculptor and illustrator, 1809–1867 Joseph von Fraunhofer – optician and inventor, 1787–1826 Franz Xaver Gabelsberger – shorthand inventor, 1789–1849 Friedrich von Gärtner – architect, 1792–1847 Sebastian Gaigel – founder of the city orphanage, 1799–1871 Joseph Görres – publicist, 1776–1848 Charlotte von Hagn – actress (appears in the Gallery of Beauties), 1809–1891 Johann von Halbig – sculptor, 1814–1882 August von Hauner – teacher and professor, 1811–1884 Peter von Hess – painter, 1792–1871 Wilhelm von Kaulbach – history painter, 1805–1878 Franz Xaver Kefer – educationalist and administrator, 1763–1802 Leo von Klenze – architect, 1784–1864 Franz von Kobell – mineralogist and Bavarian / Palatinate dialect poet, 1803–1882 Alexander von Kotzebue – Russo-German battle-painter, 1815–1889 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause – philosopher, 1781–1832 Ludwig Lange – architect and painter, 1808–1868 Georg Leib – Royal Councillor of Commerce and scaffolding specialist, 1846–1910 Justus Freiherr von Liebig – chemist and natural scientist, 1803–1873 Ferdinand von Miller – member of the Dt. Reichstag, 1813–1887 Hermann Joseph Mitterer – art educator and administrator, 1762–1829 Carl Friedrich Neumann – Sinologist, 1793–1870 Eugen Napoleon Neureuther – painter, draughtsman and etcher, 1806–1882 Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum – surgeon, 1829–1890 Georg Simon Ohm – physicist, 1789–1854 Max von Pettenkofer – important physician, 1818–1901 Ludwig von der Pfordten – Bavaria's Ministerpräsident, 1811–1880 Christian Pram-Henningsen – Danish painter, 1846–1892 Siegmund von Pranckh – general and Defence Minister, 1821–1888 Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach – inventor and engineer, 1772–1826 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger – composer and music teacher from Liechtenstein, 1839–1901 Karl Rottmann – landscape painter, 1798–1830 Eduard Schleich the Elder – painter, 1813–1874 Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell – landscape gardener, 1750–1823 Ludwig Schwanthaler – sculptor, 1802–1848 Moritz von Schwind – painter, 1804–1871 Helene Sedlmayr – symbol of Schönen Münchnerin in the Gallery of Beauties, 1813–1898 Franz von Seitz – painter, lithographer and costume painter, 1817–1883 Otto Seitz – painter and teacher, 1846–1912 Alois Senefelder – inventor of lithography, 1771–1834 Johann Nepomuk Sepp – historian and politician, 1816–1909 Carl Spitzweg – painter and apothecary, 1808–1885 Carl August von Steinheil – physicist, 1801–1870 Alexander Strähuber or 'Straehuber' (1814–1882), history painter, book illustrator and art professorKaltenegger, Reiner; "Grave of the Strähuber family at the Old South Cemetery Munich", The Cemetery Guide to the Old South Cemetery Munich. Retrieved 30 December 2020 Friedrich Wilhelm von Thiersch – "Praeceptor Bavariae", 1784–1860 Gustav Vorherr – architect, 1778–1847 Franz Widnmann – painter and graphic artist, and professor 1846–1910 Klara Ziegler – actress and theatre founder, 1844–1909 Anton Zwengauer – landscape painter, 1810–1884
Current use The cemetery today serves as an Art and Cultural history monument, and is open to the public as an official Munich park. Most of the monuments, which suffered from exposure to weather and pollution, have been renovated and cleaned, in a three-year project (2004–2007). The St. Stephan's church has also been renovated.
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