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Cologne: Melaten Cemetery Tour in German

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Guided tour

Cologne: Melaten Cemetery Tour in German

Activity provider:Entdecke Köln
4.8  / 5
31 reviews

From $13.07 per person

Join a guided tour of the Melaten Cemetery in Cologne and immerse yourself in its more than 200-year-old history. Admire the impressive tombs, find out who was laid to rest here and marvel at the historic chapel.

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Duration 2 hours
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Highlights
  • Experience a quite different guided tour through Cologne’s city history and visit the most well-known inner city cemetery of Cologne
  • Enjoy a tour through the beautifully created area and walk past some impressive as well as strange tombs
  • Learn how the cemetery got built on the former area of a leprosarium and marvel at the cemetery chapel from the 13th century
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Discover a place of peace, quietness and remembrance and visit the Melaten Cemetery (Melatenfriedhof) in Cologne. Created in the beginning of the 19th century, it is located on the former grounds of a leprosarium. Join a guided tour through the green oasis and marvel at the park-like area with pompous tombs and vaults as well as modestly or quaintly designed tombs. Listen to a piece of the city’s history during the walk in the cemetery and find out which famous personalities were laid to rest here. Learn more about the so-called “sponsorship tombs” and marvel at the cemetery chapel from the 13th century.
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  • Guided tour in German

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At the old main gate, Aachener Straße, vis-à-vis Hausnummer 249.

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Know before you go

  • Due to official health regulations, you are required to carry a negative result of a Covid-19 quick-test or self-test, no older than 24 hours, or proof of successful complete vaccination process or recovery from a Covid-19 infection
  • Dogs are unexceptionally not permitted according to the regulations by the cemetery administration
  • Sturdy shoes are recommended
  • Melaten has 55,000 graves. You will visit about 30 to 35 graves selected by your guide. It is not possible to visit all the graves during the 2-hour tour

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GetYourGuide traveler – GermanyNovember 13, 2023 – Verified booking
Gyde war top!
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Bernd – GermanyOctober 16, 2023 – Verified booking
Der Einstieg über eine Führung in diesen Friedhof war ideal! Wir werden wiederkommen! Die Führung selbst war hervorragend, auch von der historischen Seite her ! Dankeschön!
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GetYourGuide traveler – GermanyAugust 18, 2023 – Verified booking
Viele tolle Geschichten, spannend erzählt … hätt
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