one thing, most of the graves were full. For another, there was enough capacity in the large cemeteries opened at the beginning of the 20th century under Hans Grässel to be able to do without this rather small one. Many graves were subsequently cleared: of the total capacity of 7,272 burial places only about 700 were kept. From 1868 to 1944/45 about 62,000 people were buried there. Half the arcades were not rebuilt after the war. On the site of the chapel a playground now stands, separated from the rest of the cemetery. The present appearance is due to the architect Hans Döllgast. Present day The Alter Nördlicher Friedhof, with its light planting of trees, today represents a significant green space in the Maxvorstadt district and is used as a small park, with due respect for those long since buried here. Many benches have been installed. On fine days the grass between the ivy-covered gravestones is popular for sun-bathing. The path round the inside of the wall and the arcades is much used by joggers: a single circuit round the four hectare space is about 750 metres. The playground that adjoins to the west is used among other things for ball games, and also for ground chess. Notable burials Wilhelm Bauer (1822–1875), engineer Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind (1818–1894), engineer and geologist Wilhelm Dürr the Elder (1815–1890), court painter of Baden Carl Wilhelm von Gümbel (1823–1898), geologist and Citizen of Honour (Ehrenbürger) of Munich Carl August Lebschée (1800–1877), painter and drawer of the Munich cityscape Hermann Lingg (1820–1905), writer, founder of the Die Krokodile Joseph Molitor von Mühlfeld (1855–1890), artist Max von Montgelas (1860–1938), politician, diplomat (military attaché) and historian Sigmund Riefler (1847–1912), builder of scientific chronometers Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897), journalist, novelist and cultural historian Emil Rohde (1839–1913), actor at the Bavarian Hoftheater Benignus von Safferling (1825–1895), general and Bavarian Minister of War Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815–1881), infantry general and commanding general of the I Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps Carl von Thieme (1844–1924), founder of the Münchener Rückversicherung und Allianzversicherung insurance company Moritz Wagner (1813–1887), traveller, ethnologist, geographer, naturalist and first curator of the Royal ethnological collections (the later Völkerkundemuseum) Literature Isolde Ohlbaum, Axel Winterstein: Der Alte Nördliche Friedhof. MünchenVerlag, 2012, . Davide von Retberg: Friedhof-Notizen. In: Monatsblatt des Heraldisch-Genealogischen Vereines „Adler“. Band 3, 1895, pp. 413–419 Günther Baumann: Der alte Nördliche Friedhof an der Arcisstraße. In: Neuhauser Werkstatt-Nachrichten. Heft