Visitor address and access
For a first visit use Stadelheimer Straße 24. Choose other mapped entrances on the cemetery map according to your destination.
Use that access information as the starting point for Perlacher Forst 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 mapped Schwanseestraße stop is north of the cemetery by the Stadelheimer Straße area. Select this destination in Munich’s journey planner and allow for the walk to your required entrance.
For a public-transport journey to Perlacher Forst Cemetery, compare the stop or station in that guidance with Stadelheimer Straße 24, 81549 München and the intended entrance. This avoids planning only to the cemetery boundary when the destination lies elsewhere within the grounds.
Parking
Check local parking signs at your chosen entrance; parking does not permit driving on cemetery paths.
The parking note for Perlacher Forst Cemetery should be read together with local signs on arrival. If a short or step-free route is essential, ask Munich Municipal Cemeteries – Perlacher Forst Cemetery which entrance serves the destination and whether the required route is suitable.
Orientation after arrival
- Entrance 4
- Funeral hall
- KZ-Gedenkstätte Ehrenhain I
- Concentration camp memorial grove
- Urn walls
- Schwanseestraße
These are 6 of the 68 named points available for Perlacher Forst 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.
Find further local guidance and the individual parking locations under Parking.