Ohlsdorf Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in the world with an area of ​​391 hectares, second only to the Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Iraq, with an area of ​​601 hectares. The cemetery was arranged in 1875 on the eastern outskirts of Hamburg in the style of English landscape parks and opened, after consecration, in 1877. Its territory is divided into sectors for the burial of Christians, Jews, Muslims, babies, fallen soldiers and unidentified individuals.
Many tombstones and mausoleums of the Ohlsdorf cemetery were designed by famous architects and sculptors of their time. Among the most significant tombstones is the "Charon's Boat", transporting to eternity the inhabitants of Hamburg who died during the bombing of 1943. There are 21 mausoleums on the territory of the cemetery, the largest of them is the mausoleum of the von Schroeder family, built in 1906-1907 in neo-Romanesque style, designed by Edmund Gevert. The staff of the Ohlsdorf Cemetery Museum conducts regular tours of the mausoleums and tombs.