Franz Kafka’s Grave — Prague

💡 4 things to know

1. An angular stonePrague City Tourism describes the Kafka grave marker as a hexagonal crystal with details of the deceased on its front. Source Checked
2. A family graveKafka’s parents are buried in the same grave, according to the city’s visitor guide. Source Checked
3. A disputed attributionA 2015 commentary by Johannes Reiss of the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt names the Cubist Prague architect Friedrich Ehrmann as the designer; Prague sources name L. or Leopold Ehrmann. Source Source Conflicting
4. Stones and messagesThe Czech Academy of Sciences wrote that hundreds of small stones inscribed with messages surround the grave, some with whole letters beneath them. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

🗓️ Sightings

1. 200420 Dec

   Kafka’s grave photographed · Ferran Cornellà

2. 202328 Sep

   Kafka’s grave photographed · Jan Polák

3. 202527 Jan

   Photo story on stones and messages at the grave · Czech Academy of Sciences

4. 2025Apr

   Kafka’s grave photographed · Simon Laub

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Location

New Jewish Cemetery, Prague Source Checked

Form

Hexagonal crystal (also Radio Prague) Source Checked

Tombstone number

21–14–21 Source Checked

Burial

Franz Kafka and his parents Source Checked

Kafka’s burial

June 11, 1924 Source Source Checked

Architect attribution

Leopold Ehrmann per Radio Prague (“L. Ehrmann” per Prague City Tourism) Source Conflicting

Conflicting attribution

Friedrich Ehrmann per a 2015 Austrian Jewish Museum commentary Source Conflicting

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