Cemetery by the Goat Gate

Why visit

The cemetery was founded by the Lutheran community of Pressburg at the end of the 18th century and became the resting place of many of the city’s merchants, scholars and artists.

Most inscriptions are in German or Hungarian, a reminder of how multilingual the city once was. The communist authorities planned to clear it, but it survived and today is a quiet, green walk on the slope below Palisády.

What to see

• Tombstones and tombs: classical stone markers, neo-Gothic details and sculpted monuments from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Cemetery chapel: a neo-Gothic chapel from the 19th century.
• Graves of notable figures: among them Lutheran pastor Pál Rázga and Baron Jeszenák, executed after the revolution of the mid-19th century, and writer and scholar Ivan Horváth.
• Green paths: shaded walks under mature trees.

Plan your visit

Admission is free. It is an active cemetery, so keep quiet and respect services. The paths are sloped and partly uneven; allow 30 to 45 minutes.

The Slavín memorial is about a 10-minute walk uphill, and the castle and the villas of Palisády are close by.