The Protestant Luisenfriedhof III (German: Der evangelische Luisenfriedhof III) is a cemetery in the Westend district of Berlin. The cemetery is under monument protection.[1]
History
A church-owned and operated cemetery with a size of 12 hectares, Luisenfriedhof III was consecrated in 1891 and the first burial took place on 19 June 1891.[citation needed] Two years later, a cemetery chapel was built.[1] The early Gothic red brick building was designed by Johannes Vollmer and Heinrich Jassoy.[1] The steeple of the chapel was destroyed in World War II. In 1905, the cemetery expanded to its present size.
Notable burials
Notables buried include:
- Georg Bleibtreu (1828–1892), painter
- Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827–1894), Egyptologist
- Wilhelm Cauer (1900–1945), mathematician and scientist
- Heinrich Dernburg (1829–1907), jurist, professor, and politician
- Ernst Förstemann (1822–1906), historian, archivist and librarian
- Georg Heym (1887–1912), writer and poet
- Fritz Kolbe (1900–1971), diplomat and spy for the Allied forces
- Brigitte Mira (1910–2005), actress
- Karl August Möbius (1825–1908), zoologist
- Eva Renzi (1944–2005), actress
- Rosel Zech (1942–2011), actress
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c "Ev. Luisenfriedhof III (Luisenkirchhof)". www.berlin.de (in German). 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
External links
- bildindex der Kunst und Architektur: chapel
- Ev. Luisenfriedhof III (Luisenkirchhof) – Gesamtanlage unter Denkmalschutz im Lexikon des Bezirks Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Luisenfriedhof III at Find a Grave
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