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Index
Cemetery
Hall. Tor
Memorial
Tablets
Sale
e Tabacchi
The
Deserted Room
Luisenst. Canal Gardens
Comenius
Garden
Nat. Reserve Schöneberg
Russian Church
R.
Luxemburg Memorial
Cadillacs
in Concrete
Schildhorn
Column
Heerstraße
Cemetery
Kleist's
Grave
Mori-Ogai
Memorial |
The Friedhof Heerstrasse, which is open to all religions, is one of the
most unusual burial places in the city in both its landscape and garden
design. It was created in the 1920’s and probably designed by Erwin
Barth, the director of the Charlottenburg gardens. The name of the
cemetery, which is seen as an expensive and exclusive estate, is
misleading. It refers to the inhabitants of the villa colony of Heerstraße
for whom it was originally built and not to its actual situation on the
Trakehner Allee. The Sausuhlensee, (the Sausuhlen lake) forms the scenic
heart of the place. It lies in the formerly wooded area of the Grunewald
and its slopes rise steeply to the road 20 metres above. A large circular
bed of yew hedges lies in the centre of a park area south-west of the lake
and the graves were arranged on both sides. The main paths radiate out in
the form of a star from here and the rows of graves descend in terraces to
this point. Around the lake, the formal design of the garden relaxes and
pleasant paths lead to the eastern section which was extended after the
Second World War. This wooded area has not been developed much and extends
the area to three times its original size. The cemetery’s prominent
position in the west of Charlottenburg guarantees a further
characteristic, the large number of famous personalities buried there. An
extensive list that one can buy from the cemetery administration contains
many names of actors, artists and writers, among them Tilla Durieux, George Grosz, Georg Kolbe and Joachim
Ringelnatz. Georg Kolbe
designed his own family’s burial place and this is also one of the most
important memorials in the cemetery. It consists of three graceful pillars
set between four large marble slabs. The left one represents earth, the
right one heaven and the central pillar with its little angel heads
reminds one of the artist’s beautiful wife who died prematurely. |
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