Visitor address and access
The main entrance is on Aachener Straße; further entrances are on Oskar-Jäger-Straße/Melatengürtel, Weinbergstraße and Piusstraße.
Use that access information as the starting point for Melaten Cemetery, especially when the destination is a named section or an appointment rather than a general walk. The visitor address identifies the cemetery, while the most useful entrance depends on the purpose of the visit.
Public transport
The following public transport connections serve the cemetery: Tram lines 1 and 7, Melaten stop; Bus 142, Geisselstraße stop.
For a public-transport journey to Melaten Cemetery, compare the stop or station in that guidance with Aachener Straße 204, 50931 Köln and the intended entrance. This avoids planning only to the cemetery boundary when the destination lies elsewhere within the grounds.
Parking
A public parking area is east of the cemetery.
The parking note for Melaten Cemetery should be read together with local signs on arrival. If a short or step-free route is essential, ask City of Cologne, Office for Landscape Management and Green Spaces which entrance serves the destination and whether the required route is suitable.
Orientation after arrival
- Entrance
- St Mary Magdalene and Lazarus
- Site map
- Clarenbach/Fliesteden memorial
- Columbarium in the former funeral chapel
- Geisselstraße bus stop
- Parking
- Toilet and drinking water
- Water point
- Temporary funeral chapel
These are 10 of the 51 named points available for Melaten Cemetery. Locate the chosen entrance first, then use the nearest named point to orient the final part of the walk. The cemetery map is an orientation aid; an individual grave additionally needs a section, row and grave number.