The Westfriedhof (West Cemetery) in Munich is situated in the south of the city district of Moosach. The main entrance is at Baldurstraße 28. The cemetery was laid out in 1898; the buildings, by the architect Hans Grässel, were completed in 1902. The Westfriedhof contains over 40,000 grave plots. The monuments in the principal avenue, many of them by the Munich sculptor Heinrich Waderé, are especially imposing.
Alexandra (stage name of Doris Nefedov) (1942–1969), singer (Zigeunerjunge)
Hans Baur (1897–1993), chief pilot of Adolf Hitler
Bernhard Borst (1883–1963), architect of the Borstei estate
Karl-Heinz Borutta (1935–2002), footballer
Jakob Bradl (1864–1919), sculptor
Tilli Breidenbach (1910–1994), actress
Michl Ehbauer (1899–1964), writer, humorist
Maxl Graf (1933–1996), folk actor
Gebhard Greiling (1910–2008), army doctor
Adolf Hartmann (1900–1972), painter
Hugo Hartung (1902–1972), writer
Ursula Herking (1912–1974), actress and cabaret artist (grave levelled)
Toni Hiebeler (1930–1984), first man to climb the north-west wall of Monte Civetta in winter (1963) and author of various books about the Alps
Michael Hinz (1939–2008), theatre and film actor
Markus Koch (1879–1948), composer
Robert Lembke (1913–1989), journalist and quizmaster
Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904), artist
Rudolf Maison (1854–1904), sculptor
Karl Meitinger (1882–1970), architect
Edmund Nick (1891–1974), composer
Alexander Pfänder (1870–1941), philosopher
Timofei Prochorow (1894–2004), known as Väterchen Timofei, founder of the Ost-West-Friedenskirche ("East-West Peace Church") in Wiesenfeld, on the site of the present Olympiapark
Ernst Röhm (1887–1934), Chief of Staff of the SA, in a small family grave
Günther J. Schmidt (1918–2009), entrepreneur, owner of the TOGAL Works
Hans Schuberth (1897–1976), Bundesminister for posts and telecommunications
Hanns Seidel (1901–1961), Minister-President of Bavaria
Princess Soraya (Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari) (1932–2001), former wife of the Shah of Iran
Eberhard Stanjek (1935–2001), sports reporter
Günther Storck (1938–1993), priest, bishop sede vacante
Wolfgang Unzicker (1925–2006), chess grand master
Max Valier (1895–1930), rocket pioneer, author of science fiction novels
Otto Voisard (1927–1992), chairman of MAN SE, general director of Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Karl Schmitt-Walter (1900–1985), opera and lieder singer
Two graves recall the terror of the period of the Bavarian Soviet Republic. Countess Hella von Westarp (1887–1919; grave 9-6-12), secretary of the Thule Society, was shot in the hostage murders. The other gravestone is known as the "Pals' Grave" (Gesellengrab) and commemorates 22 young men, members of the Roman Catholic St. Joseph's Social Club (Gesellenverein St. Joseph) who in May 1919 were drinking in their local and thus missed the curfew. They were apprehended by a Berlin regiment, who took them for Spartacists. The young men were unable to convince their captors otherwise, it was popularly believed because of the difficulties of mutual understanding between Bavarians and Prussians, and all were shot.
Erich Scheibmayr (self-published, Munich):
Letzte Heimat, 1985
Wer? Wann? Wo? (3 parts), 1989, 1997, 2002