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Melaten Cemetery – Dirk Bach Memorial Grave loop from University of Cologne

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Melaten Cemetery – Dirk Bach Memorial Grave loop from University of Cologne

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Melaten Cemetery – Dirk Bach Memorial Grave loop from University of Cologne

01:23

5.49km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

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670 m

Waffenschmidt Family Grave (Founders of Saturn) – Melaten Cemetery

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"Now, Lord, let your servant go in peace, as you said..." (Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, Verse 29; so-called "Song of Simeon").

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1.99 km

Grave of Dr. Alfred Biolek and Leo Fritz Gruber at Melaten Cemetery

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Very interesting cemetery where some famous celebrities are buried. Guided tours are even offered.
More information at:

melatenfriedhof.de

It is very interesting to look at this cemetery. At the beginning …

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2.47 km

Millionaires' Avenue (Melaten Cemetery)

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Flowers in the jar.

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2.60 km

Melaten Cemetery

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Melaten Cemetery is Cologne's central cemetery. The name Melaten is based on the French word for sickness, "malade." From the 12th century onward, a leper colony, which included the Melaten …

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2.88 km

Millowitsch Family Grave, Melaten Cemetery

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What would Cologne folk art be without the Millowitsch family, with its perhaps most prominent member, Willy (1909–1999)? The gravestone is deliberately very simple and bears only the family name. …

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3.04 km

The Grim Reaper

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Insanely good sculptural representation of death.

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3.05 km

Grim Reaper statue, Melaten Cemetery

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The Grim Reaper is one of the most famous characters in the Melatenfriedhof. He looks scary, symbolizes death, carries an hourglass and originally also a scythe. However, this has already …

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4.61 km

Dirk Bach Memorial Grave

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The Cologne comedian and actor Dirk Bach (who died in 2012) probably has one of the most colorful graves in Melaten Cemetery. His husband has been buried next to him …

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5.49 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.00 km

293 m

152 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.13 km

2.22 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 2 September

24°C

16°C

57 %

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Comments

September 19, 2021,Tour auf dem Melatenfriedhof in Köln

The tour started at the Piusstrasse entrance and initially led along the so-called Millions Avenue.

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January 1, 2022,Köln Ehrenfeld / Runde Melatenfriedhof

New Year's walk across the Melaten cemetery in a park-like area in the middle of Cologne.
A completely different, quiet world opens up here in the middle of the big city. There is a lot of seasonal nature here, plus magnificent grave sites and many a prominent name that can be read on the gravestones.

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October 19, 2025,🥾 Spaziergang "Kölner Melaten" 🥾

Today we visited Cologne's Melaten Cemetery. It's been on our to-do list for a while now: see what some of the celebrity graves look like. It was very interesting and impressive, but in the end, they all just end up buried.

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Melaten Cemetery – Dirk Bach Memorial Grave loop from University of Cologne

Waffenschmidt Family Grave (Founders of Saturn) – Melaten Cemetery

Grave of Dr. Alfred Biolek and Leo Fritz Gruber at Melaten Cemetery

Millionaires' Avenue (Melaten Cemetery)

Melaten Cemetery

Millowitsch Family Grave, Melaten Cemetery

The Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper statue, Melaten Cemetery

Dirk Bach Memorial Grave

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