New cemetery (Potsdam)

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Cemetery chapel
Medical Corps Memorial by Hans Hubert Dietzsch (1929)
Grave of Gustav Meyer , garden director of the city of Berlin
Hereditary funeral of Friedrich Wilhelm Koch
Small grave monument for Ellen Paeth (1913–2006), 1945 rubble woman in Potsdam

The municipal new cemetery in Potsdam was opened in 1867 according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné and expanded several times, most recently in 1954. Today it covers an area of ​​25,789 m². Its main entrance is at Heinrich-Mann-Allee 25, opposite the old cemetery .

meaning

In front of the entrance is the only old surviving war memorial from the former garrison town of Potsdam. Originally intended for Berlin, it was unveiled here in October 1929. It is dedicated to the medical corps and bears the inscription on the obverse: THE ARMY SANITARY CORPS OF THE WORLD WAR 15001. MARINE. PROTECTIVE FORCES . On the back: TREUE UM TREUE 1914–1918 . Two soldiers look after a dying comrade on a truncated pyramid-shaped base. The monument is 6.12 m high and is based on a model by Hans Hubert Dietzsch , which was completed by Joseph Gobes from Berlin after his early death .

The cemetery was badly hit on the night of bombing on April 14, 1945 . After 1945 the policy of the new rulers to fight the spirit of Potsdam led to the fact that the predominantly Prussian-conservative old Potsdam population steadily relocated to the west. The graves of their relatives fell into disrepair, the SED saw no need for action.

Today the cemetery gives a mixed picture. On the one hand, one encounters neglected hereditary burials, on the other hand, some remarkable graves have been lovingly and painstakingly restored. What is striking is the lack of the Nikes , angels and “mourning women” that were so popular in the German Empire. If they were made of bronze, they probably fell victim to some non-ferrous metal collections during the GDR era.

Monuments in the cemetery

  • War grave memorial and memorial stones for the victims of the bomb attack of April 14, 1945
  • War grave memorial and memorial stones for the victims of the First and Second World Wars
  • War grave memorial for victims of the Soviet Union and friendly countries

Graves of famous people

Presumably cleared graves

Web links

Commons : Neuer Friedhof Potsdam  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Old and New Cemetery - page of the state capital Potsdam ; 2016
  2. Hans Geiger ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on GBBB-Berlin.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gbbb-berlin.com
  3. Due to the new use of the family cemetery, the tombstone is no longer visible after it was used for the grave of his great-great-grandson Joachim von Gélieu
  4. Source ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / potsdam-chronik.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '3.8 "  N , 13 ° 4' 16.4"  E