Grabdaten
Grabdaten (literally “grave data”) is a term used in German-speaking countries to denote the data associated with grave sites in cemeteries and burial grounds. It encompasses administrative records, grave monuments, and related archival material used to document interments, ownership, and the physical location of graves. Grabdaten is used for cemetery management, genealogical research, and historical demography, as well as for cultural heritage planning and spatial analysis of burial grounds.
Typical data fields include plot or grave number, cemetery section and coordinates, burial date and age at
Data are collected by cemetery administrations, parishes, and archives, and often digitized and integrated with Geographic
Limitations include incomplete records, misattributions, and damage to monuments. Data quality depends on archival practices and