Origins and development
The graves of Hugo Eckener and Karl Maybach connect the cemetery with Friedrichshafen’s aviation and engine-building history. A memorial recalls the Hindenburg disaster. Other places of remembrance commemorate deported people, Soviet prisoners of war and graves destroyed during the war.
The cemetery is in Friedrichshafen, main cemetery on Hochstraße, at Hochstraße 41, 88045 Friedrichshafen.
Design and present-day character
Honorary graves linked to Zeppelin and Maybach history, war-grave areas and several urn sections shape the main cemetery. The graves of Hugo Eckener and Karl Maybach can be visited alongside the memorials to war victims.
Read this character description together with the development of Friedrichshafen Main Cemetery: it identifies what gives the grounds their present identity without turning the cemetery into a purely historical attraction. A visit can focus on spatial structure and named orientation points while leaving individual graves undisturbed.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 29 named places for Friedrichshafen Main Cemetery. Among them are Pedestrian gate 1, Geschichte Ehrenfeld 19, Verschleppte und Kriegsgefangene aus der Sowjetunion. Use these names to relate the historical account to locations visible during a visit, without assuming that every historical feature has its own marker.
Continue the visit
The cemetery tour turns selected named points at Friedrichshafen Main Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact City of Friedrichshafen – green spaces and cemeteries division rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.