Dahlem forest cemetery

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Impression

The Dahlem forest cemetery in Berlin's Steglitz-Zehlendorf district is located on the edge of the Grunewald forest at Hüttenweg 47. Established between 1931 and 1933 according to plans by Albert Brodersen , it is one of Berlin's younger cemeteries . With the graves of writers such as Gottfried Benn , composers such as Wolfgang Werner Eisbrenner , the painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff , the actor O. E. Hasse , Hans Epskamp or the actor and entertainer Harald Juhnke , the park cemetery is one of the so-called “celebrity cemeteries ”. Due to its dense population of conifers, it is also one of the most scenic cemeteries in the German capital.

Design as a simple park cemetery

Waldfriedhof Dahlem, entrance
Waldfriedhof Dahlem, entrance
Impression

When designing the 75,407 m² state-owned cemetery, the focus was on integration into the urban forest area in the form of a park cemetery. Two generous central pine avenues intersect and divide the area into four main fields. The graves are geometrically arranged in long rows of hedges and are mostly separated from each other by hedges, so that they get lost in the green on the tree-lined terrain. The restrained appearance of the tombs is also due to the conception, which, with its priority of horticultural design, does not allow for elaborate tombs . Monumental buildings and larger artistic sculptures as in many historical Berlin cemeteries are not found here.

Another reason for the astonishingly ostentatious and, apart from individual ornaments , also largely adornment-free tomb design in a "celebrity cemetery" was the goal of the tomb reform movement, which countered the bourgeois need for representation by dealing with death more objectively and aimed at a uniform tomb design. This conception also corresponded to the line of the National Socialists , who consistently rejected applications for the erection of grave figures.

The "Royal Horticultural Director" Albert Brodersen created the design for the complex in 1929, who was already involved in works such as the former Botanical Garden on Potsdamer Strasse (today's Heinrich-von-Kleist-Park ), the expansion of Viktoriapark on Kreuzberg or had emphasized the scenic beauty of the city by emphasizing its many greenery in designs for the Rehberge park . Since Brodersen died in 1930, he did not experience the work on the forest cemetery or its opening in 1933.

Chapel and outbuildings

chapel

In the rear part of the cemetery, behind a long oval forecourt, lies the cemetery chapel, which was built by Heinrich Schweitzer in 1931/1932 . It is a masonry building in the style of expressive realism , the facades of which are plastered yellow and the corners are clad with plastering stones. The building has a T-shaped floor plan with a small open vestibule that is covered by a pent roof. The actual chapel roof is a gable roof that rests on a wooden support structure and extends over the lower extensions at the rear. The side facades are interrupted by tall rectangular windows made of cathedral glass with lead frames . There is also a bell carrier in the roof gable . The interior of the chapel has a double-broken wooden ceiling and an altar niche with a high pointed arch .

The two low gate structures and a few other ancillary structures were also built by Schweitzer in 1932. The gate structures each contain a round arch arcade , and a flower shop is also integrated in the northern building. The southern gate is followed by an open hall and the cemetery keeper's house, which contains the administration and living rooms.

Known buried personalities

Heinz Berggruen's grave
Grave of Gottfried Benn
Grave of Ernst Fraenkel
Grave of OE Hasse
Grave of Helene Jacobs
Grave of Harald Juhnke
Grave of Marie-Elisabeth Lüders
Grave of Friedrich Luft
Grave of Erich and Zenzl Mühsam
Grave of Bernd Rosemeyer and Elly Beinhorn
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's grave
Memorial for Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
Grave of Werner Sombart
Grave of Wolfgang Stresemann
Grave of William Wauer
Gravestone for Richard and Fritz von Weizsäcker
Grave of Arwed Blomeyer
Grave of Hilde Körber
Grave of Wolfgang von Löhneysen
Grave of Günter Schabowski

Honor graves

According to the list of honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018)

More graves

  • Willi Paul Adams (1940–2002), historian, professor of North American history at the Free University of Berlin
  • Hans Altmann (1871–1965), architect, Friedenau municipal building officer (grave not preserved)
  • Karl Anton (1898–1979), film director, screenwriter, film producer
  • Hermann Appel (1932–2002), engineer, professor of automotive technology at the TU Berlin
  • Günther Arndt (1907–1976), choir director, producer
  • Alois Baeran (1872–1936), lawyer, German national politician (grave not preserved)
  • Richard Bärtling (1878–1936), geologist, professor at the TH Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Michael Ballhaus (1935–2017), cameraman
  • Hans Bandel (1918–2003), architect
  • Fritz Baumgart (1902–1983), art historian, professor of art history at the TU Berlin
  • Antoinette Becker (1920–1998), children's and youth author
  • Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933), orientalist, professor in Hamburg, Bonn and Berlin, politician, Prussian minister of culture , promoter of the university reform (until 2013: Berlin grave of honor )
  • Hellmut Becker (1913–1993), lawyer, educational researcher and politician, son of Carl Heinrich Becker, husband of Antoinette Becker
  • Karl Christian Behrens (1907–1980), business economist, professor of business administration at the Free University of Berlin
  • Elly Beinhorn (1907–2007), aviation pioneer, writer
  • Wilhelm Benecke (1883–1962), politician, member of the Reichstag and the Berlin House of Representatives, district mayor of Zehlendorf
  • Frank Michael Beyer (1928–2008), composer, organist, church musician, professor of composition at the HdK Berlin, representative of new music
  • Olaf Bienert (1911–1967), pianist, composer (grave not preserved)
  • Arwed Blomeyer (1906–1995), legal scholar and historian, professor of civil law and civil procedural law at the Free University of Berlin
  • Manfred Bluth (1926–2002), painter (grave monument made of narrow stele with bronze head himself)
  • Klaus Bölling (1928–2014), publicist, government spokesman
  • Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers (1871–1938), author, lyricist, film director, producer (grave not preserved)
  • Hans-Otto Borgmann (1901–1977), film composer
  • Hans Bradtke (1920–1997), lyricist, draftsman, caricaturist
  • Herbert Bräuer (1921–1989), Slavist, linguist, professor in Marburg, Cologne and at the Free University of Berlin
  • Walter Bräutigam (1920–2010), neurologist, psychiatrist, professor in Heidelberg
  • Cordt von Brandis (1874–1945), Lieutenant General (grave not preserved)
  • Karlheinz Brunnemann (1927–2013), television producer, voice actor, dialogue director, dialogue book author
  • Friedrich Bülow (1890–1962), economist, sociologist, professor of economics at the Free University of Berlin
  • Konrad Burdach (1859–1936), Germanist, literary scholar, professor at Berlin University (grave not preserved)
  • Ernst Günther Burggaller (1896–1940), racing driver, fighter pilot
  • Carl Correns (1864–1933), botanist, plant geneticist (until 2014: Berlin honorary grave)
  • Ernst von Delius (1912–1937), racing car driver
  • Friedrich von Delius (1881–1967), mine director, father of Ernst von Delius
  • Ludwig Dettmann (1865–1944), painter, director and professor of the Art Academy in Königsberg (grave not preserved)
  • Wilhelm Dieck (1867–1935), dentist, professor and director of the Dental Institute of the University of Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Paul Dierkes (1907–1968), sculptor, graphic artist, professor at the Berlin University of Fine Arts
  • Alexander Dinghas (1908–1974), mathematician, professor at the Humboldt University and the Free University of Berlin
  • Franz Dischinger (1887–1953), civil engineer, designer, professor of solid construction at the TH Berlin (until 2015: Berlin grave of honor)
  • Karin Eickelbaum (1937–2004), actress
  • Carl Otto von Eicken (1873–1960), physician, professor of ear, nose and throat medicine at the University of Gießen and at the Charité Berlin
  • Werner Eisbrenner (1908–1981), composer, conductor
  • Hans Epskamp (1903–1992), actor
  • Friedrich Fedde (1873–1942), botanist, explorer, university professor
  • Hermann Fehling (1909–1996), architect, university professor
  • Christian Fenner (1942–2006), political scientist, party researcher
  • Per Fischer (1923–1999), journalist, diplomat, ambassador a. a. in Israel and China, professor at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Mainz
  • Roland Freisler (1893–1945), lawyer (tombstone only gives the names of the in-laws)
  • Heinrich Gall (1899–1935), chemist, ministerial advisor, university lecturer (grave not preserved)
  • Georg Gawantka (1891–1939), major general (grave not preserved)
  • Otto Franz Gensichen , pseudonym: Otto Franz (1847–1933), writer, playwright, publicist (grave not preserved)
  • Rudolf Georgi (1879–1956), bookseller, partner and director of Paul Parey Verlag
  • Ernst Friedrich Gilg (1867–1933), botanist (grave not preserved)
  • Joana Maria Gorvin (1922–1993), actress, radio broadcaster
  • Otto Gradenwitz (1860–1935), legal historian, lexicographer, professor at the Universities of Königsberg, Strasbourg and Heidelberg (grave not preserved)
  • Alexander Grau (1878–1938), military, entrepreneur, director of UFA (grave not preserved)
  • Johann Großfeld (1889–1944), food chemist
  • Günter Großmann (1925–1998), marine mechanical engineer, professor for marine power systems at the TU Berlin
  • Otto-Joachim Grüsser (1932–1995), physician, professor of neurophysiology at the Free University of Berlin
  • Sabine Grüsser-Sinopoli (1964–2008), physician, professor of medical psychology and medical sociology at the University of Mainz, daughter of Otto-Joachim Grüsser
  • Harald Gutschow (1927–1998), English studies specialist, teacher, professor at the University of Education and at the Free University of Berlin
  • Klaus Gysi (1912–1999), politician, head of the Aufbau Verlag, Minister of Culture of the GDR
  • Konrad Hahm (1892–1943), folklorist, director of the Museum for German Folklore
  • Wolfgang Hanel (1930–1994), journalist, reporter, editor, television presenter
  • Claus Haring (1926–2016), psychiatrist, professor of psychiatry at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf
  • Ernst Hartert (1859–1933), ornithologist, explorer, director of the Tring Museum
  • Hans Wilhelm Haussig (1916–1994), historian, professor for Byzantine history at the Free University of Berlin and for the history of Near and Central Asia at the Ruhr University in Bochum
  • Dieter Heckelmann (1937–2012), lawyer, politician, Berlin Senator for the Interior, professor of civil law at the Free University of Berlin, President of the Free University
  • Heinz Hentschke (1895–1970), librettist, actor, director, theater manager
  • Hans Herken (1912–2003), pharmacologist, professor and director of the Institute for Pharmacology at the Free University of Berlin
  • Günter Herlitz (1913-2010), entrepreneur, built the Herlitz AG on
  • Ursula Herwig (1935–1977), actress, voice actress
  • Wolfgang Hinkelbein (1948–2015), physician, professor of radiation therapy at the Free University of Berlin
  • Carl Hinrichs (1900–1962), historian, archivist, professor in Halle and at the Free University of Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Klaus Höhne (1927–2006), actor, voice actor
  • Jürgen Hoffmann (1944–2009), political scientist, professor of political sociology at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics
  • Hans Herbert Hohlfeld (1903–1956), economist, professor at the University of Cologne and at the TU Berlin
  • Dieter Honisch (1932–2004), art historian, director of the National Gallery in Berlin
  • Albert Hopman (1865–1942), Vice Admiral (grave not preserved)
  • Ingo Insterburg (1934–2018), music cabaret artist and much more
  • Werner Janensch (1878–1969), paleontologist, geologist, explorer
  • Herbert W. Kapitzki (1925–2005), graphic artist, graphic designer, professor for visual communication at the HdK Berlin.
  • Julius Katona (1902–1977), tenor, chamber singer
  • Max Kaus (1891–1977), painter, graphic artist, professor at the HdK Berlin
  • Hanns Kerrl (1887–1941), National Socialist politician (grave not preserved)
  • Martin Kießling (1879–1944), architect
  • Hermann Kirchberger (1905–1983), artist, professor of wall painting at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts Weimar
  • Peter Kittelmann (1936–2003), lawyer, politician, member of the Berlin House of Representatives, the Bundestag and the European Parliament
  • Erich Kloss (1889–1964), educator, non-fiction author, writer for young people (grave not preserved)
  • Wilhelm Knevels (1897–1978), theologian, university professor
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch (1868–1955), anatomist, professor of histology, embryology and anatomy at Berlin University
  • Hilde Körber (1906–1969), actress, politician, director of the Max Reinhardt School for Drama, most recently as a professor (until 2009: Berlin grave of honor)
  • Maria Körber married Kerzel (1930-2018), actress (gravestone bears the name Maria Kerzel)
  • Hanns Korngiebel (1902–1969), actor, screenwriter, director
  • Hans Christian Korting (1952–2012), dermatologist, allergist, professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
  • Erich Kosiol (1899–1990), business economist, professor at the Universities of Cologne and Breslau and at the Free University of Berlin
  • Georg Kotowski (1920–1999), political scientist, politician, professor at the Otto Suhr Institute of the Free University of Berlin, member of the Berlin House of Representatives and the Bundestag
  • Hans Krüger (1884–1945), administrative lawyer, State Secretary in the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture
  • La Jana (1905–1940), dancer and actress (until 2014: Berlin honorary grave)
  • Karin Labitzke (1935–2015), meteorologist, professor at the Free University of Berlin, president of the German Meteorological Society
  • Hans Lassen (1897–1974), physicist, professor at the Humboldt University and at the Free University of Berlin
  • Wilfried Legat (1933–2017), federal civil servant, head of division in the Federal Ministry of Transport
  • Hans Leisegang (1890–1951), philosopher, physicist, author, university lecturer (until 2015: Berlin grave of honor)
  • Max Levy (1869–1932), engineer, manufacturer
  • Ludwig Lewin (1887–1967), psychologist, educational scientist, journalist, literary scholar, rector of the Lessing University in Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Robert H. Lochner (1918–2003), radio journalist, interpreter, diplomat, director of RIAS Berlin
  • Fritz Löb (1895–1940), Major General of the Air Force (grave not preserved)
  • Walther Löhlein (1882–1954), ophthalmologist, university professor in Greifswald, Jena, Freiburg and Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Wolfgang von Löhneysen (1917–2004), art historian, professor of art history at the HdK Berlin
  • Hubert Löneke (1926–2011), sculptor
  • Lothar Loewe (1929–2010), television journalist, director of the SFB
  • Siegmund Loewe (1885–1962), radio pioneer, entrepreneur (grave not preserved)
  • Siegfried Loewenthal (1874–1951), lawyer
  • Adolf Ludin (1879–1968), hydraulic engineer, professor for hydraulic engineering at TH Berlin
  • Heinrich Lüders (1869–1943), orientalist, indologist, professor of ancient Indian literature and language at Berlin University
  • Wilhelm Lütgert (1867–1938), theologian, professor in Greifswald, Halle and Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Bobby E. Lüthge (1891–1964), screenwriter
  • Wolfgang Lukschy (1905–1983), stage and film actor, voice actor
  • Raban von der Malsburg (1946–2011), art historian, Baden-Württemberg local politician
  • Leny Marenbach (1907–1984), actress
  • Arnold Marquis (1921–1990), actor, voice actor
  • Paul Martin (1899–1967), director (grave not preserved)
  • Lisa Martinek (1972–2019), actress
  • Fritz Mattick (1901–1984), botanist, curator at the Botanical Museum Berlin, professor of plant geography at the Free University of Berlin
  • Karl Memmler (1873–1935), materials testing scientist, director at the materials testing office, university professor
  • Maria Milde (1921–2005), actress, singer, voice actress, author
  • Ilse Molzahn (1895–1981), journalist, narrator, radio play author
  • Wilhelm Momm (1865–1935), administrative lawyer, district president in Trier, Wiesbaden and Potsdam (grave not preserved)
  • Zenzl Mühsam (1884–1962), fighter for the Munich Soviet Republic at the side of her husband Erich Mühsam (urn in 1992 moved from the Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery)
  • Victor Müller-Heß (1883–1960), coroner, professor at the University of Bonn, the University of Berlin and the Free University of Berlin
  • Maximilian Müller-Jabusch (1889–1961), journalist
  • Hans Nachtsheim (1890–1979), geneticist, zoologist, professor at the Agricultural University Berlin, the University of Berlin and the Free University of Berlin
  • Karl Neisser (1882–1933), actor, director, screenwriter (grave not preserved)
  • Eduard Neumann (1903–1985), Medievalist, philologist, professor of German philology, older German and Nordic studies at the FU Berlin, rector of the FU
  • Hermann Noack (1895–1958), art and bronze caster (tombstone with relief tablet based on a model by Ernst Barlach )
  • Walter A. Noebel (1953–2012), architect, professor at the University of Dortmund and at the TU Berlin
  • Gerda von der Osten (1904–1946), actress (grave not preserved)
  • Andreas Paulsen (1899–1977), economist, professor of economics at the FU Berlin, rector of the FU
  • Ernst Paulus (1868–1936), architect
  • Boris Pergamenschtschikow (1948–2004), cellist, professor at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne and at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin
  • Richard Perlia (1905–2012), aviation pioneer, publicist, photographer
  • Max Peters (1856–1933), administrative lawyer, State Secretary in Prussian ministries (grave not preserved)
  • Otto Pniower (1859–1932), literary scholar (until 2011: honorary grave; grave not preserved)
  • Kurt Raeck (1903–1981), dramaturge, actor, theater director, film director, theater director
  • Martin Ramming (1889–1988), Japanologist, diplomat in Russian and Soviet services, professor at the Department of Oriental Languages ​​at Berlin University, head of the Japan Institute
  • Leopold Reidemeister (1900–1987), art historian, General Director of the State Museums in West Berlin, founder and director of the Brücke Museum Berlin
  • Heinz Reinhold (1910–2012), English scholar, journalist, writer, professor of English studies at the Free University of Berlin
  • Ernst von Richter (1862-1935), administrative lawyer, politician, Prussian minister of state and finance (grave not preserved)
  • Max Richter (1900–1983), geologist, professor of geology and paleontology at the Free University of Berlin
  • Manfred von Richthofen (1934–2014), athlete, sports official, educator, entrepreneur, President of the German Sports Confederation
  • Paul Ronge (1901–1965), lawyer, politician, art collector, member of the Berlin House of Representatives
  • Walter Rothkegel (1874–1959), geodesist, political scientist, soil scientist
  • Johannes Rudloff (1848–1934), shipbuilding engineer, professor at the TH Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Heinrich Sahm (1877–1939), politician, Lord Mayor of Berlin , Ambassador to Norway (until 2001: Berlin grave of honor)
  • Günter Schabowski (1929–2015), politician of the Central Committee of the SED
  • Annemarie Schellenberg (1906–1995), lawyer, politician, member of the Berlin House of Representatives
  • Ernst Schellenberg (1907–1984), economist, politician, professor at Berlin University, member of the Bundestag, husband of Annemarie Schellenberg
  • Wolfgang Schleif (1912–1984), film editor , film director, screenwriter
  • Andreas Schmidt (1963–2017), actor, director
  • Hans Schmiljan (1901–1961), economist, politician, senator for health care (until 2014: Berlin grave of honor)
  • Walther Schrauth (1881–1939), chemist, entrepreneur, professor at the Berlin University and at the TH Berlin (grave not preserved)
  • Klaus Schucht (1930–2001), civil engineer, manager, politician, economics and technology minister in Saxony-Anhalt
  • Kurt Schulz (1912–1957), cameraman
  • Carl-Hubert Schwennicke (1906–1992), politician, member of the Berlin House of Representatives
  • Kurt Seifert (1903–1950), actor, singer, stage director
  • Gustav Severin (1903–2000), bus travel entrepreneur ( Severin + Kühn )
  • Bernhard Skrodzki (1902–1969), politician, member of the Berlin House of Representatives
  • Franz-Heinrich Sobotka (1907–1988), architect
  • Camilla Spira (1906–1997), actress
  • Willi Stanke (1907–1982), composer, arranger, band leader
  • Herbert Stass (1919–1999), actor, voice actor
  • Ilse Steppat (1917–1969), actress (grave not preserved)
  • Willy Stiewe (1900–1971), journalist, local politician, district mayor of Zehlendorf
  • Iwan Stranski (1897–1979), physical chemist, professor and director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry at TU Berlin
  • Käte Stresemann (1883–1970), wife of Gustav Stresemann
  • Ernst Stutz (1868–1940), mining engineer, manager, Reich Commissioner (grave not preserved)
  • Wilhelm Tank (1888–1967), painter, sculptor, professor at the Berlin School of Fine Arts
  • Georg Tappert (1880–1957), painter, graphic artist, university lecturer, professor at the Berlin University of Fine Arts
  • Günter Tembrock (1918–2011), zoologist, behavioral scientist, publicist, professor of behavioral physiology at Humboldt University
  • Otto Theuner (1900–1980), politician, West Berlin Senator for Transport and Businesses as well as for Home Affairs
  • Ilse Trautschold (1906–1991), actress, cabaret artist
  • Manfred Tümmler (1936–1990), actor
  • Heinz Ullstein (1893–1973), publisher, actor, director, publishing director at Ullstein AG
  • Kurt Ulrich (1905–1967), film producer
  • Rolf Ulrich (1921–2005), cabaret artist, author, co-founder of the cabaret " Die Stachelschweine "
  • Berthold Vallentin (1877–1933), lawyer, poet, historian (grave not preserved)
  • Alfred Vohrer (1914–1986), film director, actor, screenwriter
  • Hellmuth Volkmann (1889–1940), General of the Aviators
  • Fritz Arno Wagner (1884–1958), cameraman (grave not preserved)
  • Klaus von Wahl (1923–1997), dubbing director, author
  • Matthias Walden (1927–1984), journalist
  • Ernst Waldow (1893–1964), actor (grave not preserved)
  • Fritz von Weizsäcker (1960–2019), physician
  • Sybil Werden (1924–2007), actress, dancer
  • Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), archaeologist, director of the antiquities department of the museums in Berlin (tombstone removed after the honorary grave status was revoked in 2014)
  • Heinz-Günter Wittmann (1927–1990), biochemist, professor at the Free University of Berlin
  • Manfred Wockel (1936–1994), businessman, publisher
  • Hans-Jürgen Wolf (1950–2018), voice actor, actor, radio play speaker
  • Jürgen Wolters (1940–2015), economist, professor of statistics at the Free University of Berlin
  • Hermann Wunsch (1884–1954), composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher
  • Johannes Würtz (1875–1958), founder of disabled education

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Waldfriedhof Dahlem  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) (PDF), accessed on March 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 583.
  3. ↑ Manfred Wockel . friedparks.de - Historical personalities in Berlin cemeteries , accessed on February 25, 2014.

Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 20 ″  N , 13 ° 15 ′ 49 ″  E