St. John's Cemetery (german: Johannisfriedhof) ) is the second cemetery of the same name in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. It is located in the Tolkewitz district of the city. With its 24.6 hectares, the Evangelical Lutheran Johannisfriedhof was the largest cemetery in Dresden until the municipal

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Heidefriedhof was established in 1934.

History and description

The old burial ground of St. John's was inaugurated in 1575 and had to be expanded in 1633, 1680 and 1721 due to

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. Many prominent Dresden residents such as the builder of the iconic landmark church,

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Frauenkirche, architect George Bähr, and the greatest Saxon

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builder, Gottfried Silbermann found their final resting place at the old burial ground. The cemetery was closed in 1814 due to lack of space and sanitary reasons, and thus neglected cemetery fell into disrepair. For this reason, the city management decided to relocate the cemetery in 1854, despite citizens' petitions and heavy protests. In 1875, the Protestant church acquired land in the Tolkewitz district in order to establish a new cemetery here to replace the old abandoned cemeteries of the Lutheran St. Johannes, Frauenkirche and

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parishes in Dresden which ran out of space. The new burial ground was consecrated on May 16, 1881, by provost General- Superintendent Moritz Franz and the first burial was recorded on July 17 of the same year. The designated historic landmark chapel with an impressive dome was built by Paul Wallot in 1894 in the Neo-Renaissance style. A jury led by Lutheran bishop Margot Käßmann awarded the Johannisfriedhof as the most beautiful cemetery in Germany on November 8, 2011.

Notable burials

* Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827-1892), Prussian general and nobleman *

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(1842-1906), Russian-German architect * Grete Beier (1885-1908), the last woman who was publicly executed in the Kingdom of Saxony *

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* Martin Krause (mathematician) (1851-1920), mathematician * Georg Treu (1843-1921),

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* Hugo Richard Jüngst (1853-1923),

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and choir-leader * Vali von der Osten (1882-1923), soprano, sister of Eva von der Osten * Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852-1933),

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(1875-1938), painter, graphic artist * Cornelius Gurlitt (art historian) (1850-1938), architect and

* Hermann Ilgen (1856-1940), pharmacist, businessman and patron of art and sport * Karl Emil Scherz (1860-1945), architect *

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and voice teacher *

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(1886-1967),

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era *

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Gallery

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References

External links

* {{Find a Grave cemetery, 2179428, Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz
Official website of Ev. Lutheran Johannisfriedhof (in German)

Photo album and information (in German)
Cemeteries in Dresden Lutheran cemeteries in Germany Cemeteries established in the 1880s Landmarks in Germany Heritage sites in Saxony Tourist attractions in Dresden