The 5×3.5-centimeter (1.95×1.2-inch) stickers are printed with a QR code, that, when scanned, shows the name of the person buried in the grave and its location in the cemetery — but nothing else.

More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the southern German city of Munich. The stickers, which have been put on both old and recent graves ...

a prosperous state in south-western Germany known for its distinct dialect ... to attract more tourists to Baden-Würrtemberg, the stickers have long since taken on a life of their own.

Police in Munich are investigating a mystery: over 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from ...