French cemetery (Berlin)
The first French cemetery in the Oranienburger suburb of Berlin is an art-historical monument in the immediate vicinity of the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities . The French cemetery, together with the neighboring Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerder cemetery, forms the most important preserved and still used cemetery ensemble in Berlin from the 18th century . Examples of classicist tomb art from the 19th century can be found in the cemetery .
history
The First French Cemetery was laid out in 1780 on an area of 6,800 m² by the French Reformed Community of Berlin as a burial place for the descendants of the Huguenots . It was located just outside the Berlin customs wall . The entrance is in the Chausseestraße 127 (between Metro Station Natural History Museum and metro station Oranienburger Tor ) in Berlin-Mitte .
From 1835 the community used the French Cemetery II on Liesenstrasse .
Graves in the 1st French Cemetery
Among the personalities buried in the French cemetery one can find:
- Paul Ackermann (1812–1846), French linguist and writer
- Frédéric Ancillon (1767–1837), tutor of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. And Prussian statesman (signed the Vienna Final Protocol on June 12, 1834 with Metternich )
- Franz Bendel (1833–1874), composer
- Erich Böhme (1930–2009), journalist and television presenter
- Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801), engraver
- Ludwig Devrient (1784–1832), actor
- Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), physiologist (grave leveled, there is only one plaque)
- Felix Henri Du Bois-Reymond (1782–1865), teacher
- Madame Du Titre (= Marie Anna Dutitre) (1748–1827), Berlin original
- Eberhard Esche (1933–2006), actor
- Horst Fliegel (1938–2018), composer
- Amy Frank (1896–1980), actress
- Dieter Franke (1934–1982), actor
- Willi Geismeier (1934–2007), art historian
- Benjamin George (1739–1823), entrepreneur and patron, namesake of Georgestraße (monumental sarcophagi also of several family members)
- Heinrich Greif (1907–1946), actor
- Jenny Gröllmann (1947–2006), actress
- Rolf Herricht (1927–1981), actor and comedian
- Harry Hindemith (1906–1973), actor
- Gottfried Kolditz (1922–1982), director
- Karl Ludwig Michelet (1801-1893), philosopher
- Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitzki (1771–1856), Dutch infantry general and envoy in Berlin
- Klaus Piontek (1935–1998), actor
- Friedrich Quincke (1865–1934), chemist
- Pierre Louis Ravené (1793–1861), industrialist and art collector - precious tomb of Friedrich August Stüler ; the lying Ravené comes from Gustav Blaeser
- Käthe Reichel (1926–2012), actress
- Günter Reisch (1927–2014), film director
- Friedrich Richter (1894–1984), actor
- Helga Sasse (1942–2013), actress
- Klaus Schlesinger (1937–2001), writer
- Horst Schönemann (1927–2002), actor and director
- Berthold Schulze (1929–1988), actor
- Carl Steffeck (1818–1890), painter
- Ehrenfried Stelzer (1932–2010), Director of the Criminology Section at Humboldt University 1957–1989
- Gustav Trampe (1932–2006), journalist
- Fritz-Georg Voigt (1925–1995), translator, editor and editor
- Peter Voigt (1933–2015), writer and director of documentaries
- Gerhard Wolfram (1922–1991), director of the Halle State Theater and the German Theater
Frédéric Ancillon. Design: Johann Heinrich Strack
See also
literature
- Klaus Hammer: Cemeteries in Berlin - An art and cultural history guide . Jaron, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89773-132-0 , p. 56-58 .
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 42 ″ N , 13 ° 23 ′ 6 ″ E