Stroll through the Melaten Cemetery in Cologne on a guided tour and see the tombs of the city's most prominent personalities on a walking tour. Discover a place of silence embedded in a beautiful park with incomparable flora and fauna in the heart of the city.
Meet your guide and make your way through the Melaten Cemetery which covers an area of over 400,000 square meters and around 55,000 gravesites. Enjoy moments of peace and quiet during the guided tour and learn about the links between love, death, and life in the city.
Learn interesting facts and curiosities about historical personalities and impressive tombs and monuments. See the former “Leprosenanstalt” area and discover more about the fascinating history of the cemetery.
Visit the burial sites of some of the city's most important historic figures, and gain a deeper understanding of Cologne's past.