Origins and development
Air-raid victims were buried at Römerschanze in 1944. Architects Valentin and Schreiner planned and built the later grounds in 1950–1955; the funeral hall was inaugurated in 1958/59 and the cemetery opened in 1959. Extensions followed eastwards in 1979/80 and northwards in 1986. The new crematorium was built in 2001. Memorials commemorate bombing victims and displaced people from the Banat and Danube Swabian communities.
Origins: Opened in 1959; first burials in 1944. The cemetery is in Reutlingen, Römerschanze, at Dietweg 41, 72760 Reutlingen. Its area is approximately 19.67 hectares.
Design and present-day character
Tall trees, broad lawns and the listed funeral hall with its bell and clock tower define Römerschanze. Reutlingen’s main cemetery accounts for more than half of burials within the city.
Read this character description together with the development of Römerschanze Cemetery, Reutlingen: 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 11 named places for Römerschanze Cemetery, Reutlingen. Among them are Pedestrian gate 1, Cemetery chapel, Friedhof Römerschanze. 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 Römerschanze Cemetery, Reutlingen into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Technische Betriebsdienste Reutlingen – cemetery administration rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.