Central Cemetery in Belgrade

About Central Cemetery in Belgrade

Central Cemetery in Belgrade is the municipal burial ground at Zaplanjska 47a in Voždovac, between Zaplanjska and Ignjata Joba streets. JKP Pogrebne usluge, Belgrade’s public funeral-services company, identifies it as Centralno groblje and dates its foundation to 1939. It is not Novo groblje, the older cemetery on Ruzveltova, or Novo Bežanijsko groblje across the Sava.

The cemetery’s distinctive memorial context is the Church of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. The operator states that its iconostasis was made in the Buchenwald concentration camp by Serbian prisoners and architect Grigorije Samojlov. This makes the church and its wartime object the principal documented heritage focus, but the cemetery remains an active place of burial rather than a conventional sightseeing attraction. Keep voices low, yield to funeral parties and avoid leaning on unstable monuments.

Visitor grounds have seasonal hours. From 1 April through 30 September, the cemetery is open to visitors from 07:00 to 19:00; from 1 October through 31 March, visitor access is 07:00–18:00. These are not the cemetery service office hours. The Central Cemetery office works Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 15:00, while the operator’s 24-hour duty centre is specifically for reporting deaths. Neither schedule should be substituted for the other.

Use the operator’s detailed cemetery map after entering. The dedicated service number is +381 11 246 0463. Official city transport notices identify a nearby stop named “Centralno groblje 1,” but routes can change during street works; check the current GSP journey information rather than relying on an expired diversion notice. The checked operator pages do not publish a visitor admission rule or a detailed accessibility route for the grounds. The POI’s existing unsourced wheelchair tag is not enough to promise continuous step-free access across paths or burial sections.

Practical details

Website

https://www.beogradskagroblja.rs/groblja?groblje=centralno-groblje

Phone

+381 11 246 0463

Full address

Zaplanjska 47a, 11010 Belgrade, Serbia

Operating status

Open

Sources

• www.beograd.rs
• www.beogradskagroblja.rs
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• www.beogradskagroblja.rs

Checked 2026-09-06

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