<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs in almost all Berlin cemeteries, there are numerous graves of honor in which well-known personalities are buried, but one also finds many gravesites of perhaps lesser-known personalities that are old and very well preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cemetery I, II and III of the Jerusalem and New Church Parishes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Already in 1755, only four decades after the opening of the first cemetery of the two communities, the space for new graves was no longer sufficient. Additional land was purchased and a wall was built around the cemetery. In the following years, numerous hereditary graves in the form of wall graves and some mausoleums were built along this wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Area II of the cemetery is a good 7000 m\u00b2 and can only be reached via Cemetery I. The oldest gravesites date back to the early 19th century. Many of the preserved old grave monuments are today among the artistically and culturally remarkable works, such as the grave monument for Else von Falkenberg, a work by Walter Schott, which shows a free-standing, open aedicule with a female figure lying on a sarcophagus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Else von Falkenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe mausoleum of the von Caro family, designed by Kayser & von Gro\u00dfheim, is also considered exceptional for the period in which it was built.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFamilie von Caro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe last extension of the whole cemetery complex was in 1819 by Cemetery III of the Jersusalem and New Church congregation. During my tour through this area of the cemetery I found some interesting gravesites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such as the grave of E. T. A. Hoffmann, the Schering family and Carl von Siemens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nvon Siemens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nE.T.A. hoffmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCemetery I of the Holy Trinity Parish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n The cemetery of the Trinity parish was established around 1742 at the gates of Berlin. This cemetery area is limited by the other cemeteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn a former chapel there is now an exhibition about the Mendelssohn family, whose graves can also be seen here in the cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cemetery of the Bethlehem or Bohemian Community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Emperor Karl VI pursued a policy of recatholicization in Bohemia, which resulted in a movement of refugees from the region. In the late 1720s, King Frederick William I allowed Protestant refugees from Bohemia to settle in Berlin. They were also given permission to practice their religion freely. Most of the new citizens were drawn to Friedrichstadt. They were mainly craftsmen who spoke only Czech. So it was not surprising that the language barrier led to the founding of a separate congregation, the Bethlehem congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe burials of the parishioners initially took place in the cemetery of the Jerusalem and New Church. The parishioners of the Bethlehem parish, however, felt harassed by the gravediggers there and pushed to be allowed to set up their own “Bohemian burials” with their own gravediggers. In 1736 they received permission for this, and the cemetery could then be used in 1740.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nToday the area of the Alleenquartier Cemetery is about 5000 m\u00b2 and is divided into three grave fields. In contrast to the other cemeteries, one finds here many lattice graves. On the surrounding walls there are numerous wall graves, which are relatively plain. From a purely art-historical point of view, there are much less graves in this area of the cemetery that really stand out. The most striking grave complex was designed by the artist Kurt M\u00fchlenhaupt (1921-2006) for himself and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Church Acre of the Br\u00fcdergemeine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Some of the religious refugees arriving in Berlin at that time did not join the newly established Bethlehem Community. They belonged to the Herrenhuter Br\u00fcdergemeine. This independent Protestant free church had its headquarters in Upper Lusatia. The Br\u00fcdergemeine took over part of the Bethlehem site and set up its graveyard there.<\/p>\n\n\n\ns\u00fcdliches Eingangstor zum “Gottesacker der Br\u00fcdergemeine”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThrough an entrance gate one could enter the area, which was visually completely different from the rest of the cemetery. No individual grave design was allowed. The graves were arranged separately according to “brothers” and “sisters” and they could be recognized by small ivy-covered hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1952 the cemetery was closed and the area was gradually leveled. Today, only four graves remain in their original place, other graves have been moved (reason: road construction and reduction of the cemetery size). A part of the wrought-iron fence, which separated the cemetery of the Br\u00fcdergemeine from the adjacent cemeteries, has been preserved, as well as the southern entrance gate with a wide triangular gable, which was built around 1880. If you look through the fence today, you can still see a lot of ivy, but I couldn’t really make out any graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total of 6 Berlin cemeteries are located on the contiguous area of the cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor between Mehringdamm and Zossener Stra\u00dfe in Berlin-Kreuzberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[338],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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