Origins and development
From 1506 the churchyard served Cannstatt on the right bank of the Neckar. The Uffkirche bears the date 1494; the cemetery passed to Stuttgart in 1914.
Origins: Origins in the eighth or ninth century. The cemetery is in Seelberg, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, at Wildunger Straße 59, 70372 Stuttgart. Its area is approximately 1.5 hectares.
Design and present-day character
A compact historic churchyard with the late-Gothic Uffkirche, surviving epitaphs and graves connected with Cannstatt’s industrial and cultural history.
Read this character description together with the development of Uff Churchyard: it identifies what gives the grounds their present identity without turning the cemetery into a purely historical attraction. A visit can focus on spatial structure and named orientation points while leaving individual graves undisturbed.
Distinctive features on the grounds
The late-Gothic Uffkirche bears the date 1494 above its south portal.
Surviving wall epitaphs commemorate Cannstatt residents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
A war memorial commemorates the war of 1870–1871.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 8 named places for Uff Churchyard. Among them are Cemetery entrance, Uffkirche, Uff-Kirchhof. Use these names to relate the historical account to locations visible during a visit, without assuming that every historical feature has its own marker.
Continue the visit
The cemetery tour turns selected named points at Uff Churchyard into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact City of Stuttgart – Cemetery Operations rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.