This cemetery complex consists of six cemeteries that were established at the beginning of the 18th century, at that time still outside the city gates.
About the cemetery
The Cemeteries at Hallesches Tor can be traced back to 1735. In terms of its cultural history, it has become the most significant burial site in West Berlin.
Among the most beautiful works of art are the heads of two women by the “Art Nouveau” sculptor Ignatz Taschner. They decorate the gravestones of the landscape painter Karl Wilhelm Bennewitz von Loefen and his wife.
The area includes a total of twenty-two famous graves, among them the poets E.T.A. Hoffmann and Adelbert von Chamisso, the architects David Gilly and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, the composer Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, his sister Fanny Hensel, his parents and other family members and many others.
Cemetery address
Mehringdamm 2110961 Berlin
Germany