Origins and development
Senne Cemetery opened on 15 August 1912, designed by Friedrich Schultz as a reform and woodland cemetery. The Old Chapel followed in 1913. Later extensions, a second chapel and different religious burial areas developed it into Bielefeld’s major municipal cemetery.
The cemetery was established in 1912. The cemetery is in Senne, south of the Teutoburg Forest, at Brackweder Straße 80, 33647 Bielefeld. Its area is approximately 98 hectares.
Design and present-day character
This woodland cemetery stretches about two kilometres and combines the Old and New Chapels, natural areas, war graves and artistically important monuments. Choose the main entrance, Windelsbleicher Straße or southern entrances according to your burial section.
Read this character description together with the development of Senne 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 34 named places for Senne Cemetery. Among them are Entrance 3, Old chapel, Cemetery administration. 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 Senne Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact City of Bielefeld – municipal environment service, cemetery administration rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.