Tomb for August Wernicke

August Wernicke's tomb

The tomb for August Wernicke is a listed burial complex in the old cemetery of Bernau near Berlin (Brandenburg). The Bernau city chronicler and city councilor August Wernicke is buried here.

The complex consists of a black marble tombstone . The inscription carved in gold letters:

Here rests in God

after a blessed life filled with voluntary work

my dearly beloved, kind-hearted man, the reindeer and city councilor chief

August Wernicke

Knight pp.

* January 30, 1843

† November 9, 1912

After her death on January 10, 1933, Wernicke's wife Berta was also buried here.

Next to the tombstone there are two other bases. The two iron crosses placed on it have broken off at the stump.

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