Bohnsdorf cemetery
The (municipal) cemetery Bohnsdorf is located on the corner of Buntzelstraße and Parchwitzer Straße in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick , Bohnsdorf district . With an area of 5,657 m², it is one of the smaller Berlin cemeteries. The cemetery, established in 1851, was closed from 1980 to 1990.
history
The community of Bohnsdorf, first mentioned in a document in 1375, had a cemetery around the village church as a burial place for many centuries . This was abandoned after 1850 and then leveled later (1880). From 1851 onwards, the burial place that still exists today was built as a Protestant cemetery within sight of the village church .
With the establishment of a housing estate for the workers' cooperative "Paradies" from 1908, the population of Bohnsdorf grew rapidly, so that the previous area was no longer sufficient. An adjacent parcel of 2.55 hectares was acquired by the Protestant parish to expand the facility.
In 1908 the cemetery was given a celebration hall with only twelve seats according to plans by master bricklayer Franz Noack. In 1915 a grave field for urn burials was created for the first time due to the emerging cremation . After Bohnsdorf was incorporated into Greater Berlin in 1920, the Protestant cemetery was transferred to municipal administration.
With the Second World War , the area again proved to be insufficient, but due to the advanced development in the area, there was no longer any possibility of expansion. The Protestant parish therefore decided in 1949 to create a new, second cemetery. In addition to the historical “Städtischen Friedhof Bohnsdorf” at the end of the former street 956 (today Kleine Waldstraße ), near the border to Schönefeld , on 4.23 hectares with a modern mourning hall the “Evangelische Waldfriedhof Bohnsdorf” was built was inaugurated by Pastor Walter Schulz.
The new forest cemetery only existed for 14 years. The necessary expansion of Schönefeld Airport with a new runway led to the expropriation of the church area by the GDR authorities. 873 laid out graves had to be cleared in 1963. Most of the graves were reburied in the Grünau forest cemetery, and the mourning hall was torn down. In memory of the Evangelical Forest Cemetery in Bohnsdorf, the large oak cross from the mourning hall was moved to a new location in front of the Bohnsdorf village church .
In 1975 the small celebration hall from 1908 in the municipal cemetery in Bohnsdorf was closed by the building authorities. The Treptow district administration did not provide any financial means for the renovation, so that it was demolished in 1980.
In 1980 it was decided to give up the Bohnsdorf cemetery. Until 1989 only a few urn burials took place in existing hereditary burials.
In 1990, after repeated demands from the population of Bohnsdorf, the facility was reopened as a burial place for burials and urns. At the end of the 1990s, the cemetery, which had been partially overgrown, was restored to a well-tended condition.
Special features of the system
In the east and south of the complex there are very old hereditary burials along the cemetery wall, which are under monument protection . Worth mentioning are the tombs for the master builder of the no longer existing celebration hall Franz Noack (1869–1937) as well as those of the former landowner families Kiekebusch and Lahmert.
There are also several war graves, including one for the four sons of the last landowner, Lahmert, who died in the First World War .
A small, flower-planted resting place with benches and the steps that once led into the building reminds of the outline of the former celebration hall.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '59.1 " N , 13 ° 33' 32.7" E