Pankow VII cemetery

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Celebration hall of the state-owned cemetery Pankow VII

The Pankow VII cemetery ( listen ? / I ) is a municipal cemetery in the Berlin district of Rosenthal in the Pankow district . Due to the historical development of the city, Berlin cemeteries are numerous and spread over the city area. Audio file / audio sample

location

The cemetery is west of Uhlandstrasse 54–56, in the depths along the district border to Reinickendorf . Because of the regular layout of the paths, it is listed in the avenue district cemetery category and has recreational value. The area of ​​the cemetery is 25,068 m².

history

Like Nordend , Wilhelmsruh came into being as a colony of the municipality of Rosenthal . The community approved the establishment of the Wilhelmsruh colony on August 18, 1893. This meant that the permit for a cemetery property had to be paid 3000 marks in cash or 4000 marks in mortgage. The exact date for the establishment of the cemetery is still unclear; the first burials took place at the beginning of the 20th century.

Today's urn community facility is in the field of view of the high-rise buildings in the Märkisches Viertel; between 1961 and 1989 the border installations of the Berlin Wall ran here

Due to its location on the district border with Reinickendorf, the entire rear area for the use of the cemetery was restricted by the border systems of the Berlin Wall and its anteroom. Since the Berlin Wall reached directly onto the cemetery grounds, there was also direct activity here to overcome the border fortifications. Underground security lines can still be found today.

In 1993 the existing mourning hall was destroyed by arson. A new building has stood for this since 1998, which is characterized by its layout. The mourners leave the hall via the side exit and thus do not meet the next people waiting.

The "Wilhelmsruher Friedhof" is located in the Rosenthal district, since the original district was redistributed in 2001 during the Berlin district reform. This cemetery is urban (in Berlin follows the state's own statutes) and the one named as Rosenthaler Friedhof is a burial area of ​​the Protestant community.

Graves and people

The honor grove for war victims at the state-owned Pankow VII cemetery

The cemetery has a closed system according to the Berlin Graves Act . This single grave complex for 28 victims of war and violence is seen from the entrance to the left behind the celebration hall, in front of the UGA. Bomb victims and those obliged to fight from the Second World War rest here . The individual graves are marked by majolica tombstones . On these stones, names, dates of birth and death as well as the inscription 1939–1945 are noted with inset writing.

The graves of Caesar Horn (1914–1945) and Karl Müller (1904–1945) are listed as architectural monuments in the Berlin State Monument List.

The entertainer Helga Hahnemann (1937–1991) rests here (in department 8U-7).

literature

  • Brochure: State-owned cemeteries in Pankow
  • Klaus Konrad Weber, Peter Güttler, Ditta Ahmadi (eds.): Berlin and its buildings . Part X Volume A: Facilities and structures for supply (3) Funeral services . Verlag von Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-433-00890-6 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spenersche Verlagbuchhandlung, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7759-0476-X .

Web links

Commons : Friedhöfe in Pankow  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FIS broker. In: fbinter.stadt-berlin.de. (Map of Berlin 1: 5000: location of the Pankow VII cemetery).
  2. ↑ Einsiedel, Horst. In: chronik-der-mauer.de.
  3. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List

Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 36 ″  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 54 ″  E