Alter Südfriedhof

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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.

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.

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.

- Max Emanuel Ainmiller – painter, 1807–1870

- Franz Xaver von Baader – philosopher, 1765–1841

- 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

- Ernst Friedrich Diez – opera singer, 1805–1892

- 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

- 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