​ The crematorium, inaugurated in 1910, was built almost entirely above ground due to the prevailing groundwater problem and was in operation until the 1990s. According to several sources, up to 100,000 deceased were cremated here. There was a separate urn cemetery behind the crematorium. In the 1930s, the increasing number of cremations made it necessary to expand the building, as well as more efficient incineration technology, storage facilities and space for more staff. A rear extension was created for the office, elevator and warehouse, and open colonnades were walled up to create additional cooling space. The ice for cooling the corpses was produced in the basement using ice machines, and it was also sold to third parties.

In the 1980s, the mourning hall was first closed and the water pressure-operated sinking system was dismantled. Aschemühle and the technology floor with an infeed trolley on the turnstile rail system, which made the Y-shaped deck ovens accessible, are still there. The burners were dismantled after the shutdown, as was the coffin table. The overall condition of the listed crematorium is now very poor. While vandals and scrap hunters raged in the mourning room and the weather did the rest, graffiti, doodles and fire damage can be found on the lower floors. The introduction car had already been lifted from the tracks several times. Fireclay brands as well as plastic and ceramic urns can be found widely scattered on the floors. Nothing seems sacred to the destructiveness of some - not even a former crematorium.