Talk:Ohlsdorf Cemetery

Source for "largest non-military cemetery"
From German Wikipedia:
 * nach dem Calverton National Cemetery auf Long Island, New York/USA – der flächenmäßig zweitgrößte Friedhof der Welt.
 * nach dem Calverton National Cemetery auf Long Island, New York/USA – der flächenmäßig zweitgrößte Friedhof der Welt.

My translation:
 * after Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island, New York/USA – the second-largest cemetery in the world by land area.
 * after Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island, New York/USA – the second-largest cemetery in the world by land area.

That was my source for the claim recently marked as in need of a citation. Michael Hardy (talk) 18:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Geographic Coordinates
The coordinates point to an area closer to Hannover. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.218.226.166 (talk) 08:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I've fixed that. It said "52" where it should have said "53". Michael Hardy (talk) 13:33, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Military Cemetary


Obviously Ohlsdorf Cemetary also includes an area of military graves.
 * 1) Maybe this should be mentioned in the article
 * 2) Maybe this also includes some kind of memorial? If so, it should be mentioned in the same way as the Nazi victims memorials.
 * 3) Maybe it should be checked whether Ohlsdorf is still "the biggest non-military cemetery in the world" if you subtract this area. (Maybe what the original author actually meant was: "the biggest cemetary which was not created especially as a military cemetary".)