The Protestant Luisenfriedhof III (german: Der evangelische Luisenfriedhof III) is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

in the Westend district of

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. The cemetery is under monument and cultural heritage protection.

History

A church-owned and operated cemetery with a size of 12 hectares, Luisenfriedhof III was consecrated in 1891 and the first burial took place on 19 June 1891. Two years later, a cemetery chapel was built. The early Gothic red brick building was designed by Johannes Vollmer and Heinrich Jassoy. The steeple of the chapel was destroyed in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. In 1905, the cemetery expanded to its present size.

Notable burials

Notables buried include: *

Georg Bleibtreu Georg Bleibtreu (27 March 1828 – 16 October 1892) was a German painter of military and historical scenes. Biography Born in Xanten on 27 March 1828, Bleibtreu was a painter, lithographer, designer and 'graveur sur bois'. He was a member of th ...

(1828–1892), painter *

Heinrich Karl Brugsch Heinrich Karl Brugsch (also ''Brugsch-Pasha'') (18 February 18279 September 1894) was a German Egyptologist. He was associated with Auguste Mariette in his excavations at Memphis. He became director of the School of Egyptology at Cairo, producing ...

(1827–1894),

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Wilhelm Cauer Wilhelm Cauer (24 June 1900 – 22 April 1945) was a German mathematician and scientist. He is most noted for his work on the analysis and synthesis of electrical filters and his work marked the beginning of the field of network synthesis. Prio ...

(1900–1945), mathematician and scientist *

Heinrich Dernburg Heinrich Dernburg (3 March 1829 – 23 November 1907) was a German jurist, professor, and politician. Born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, he was the brother of and the maternal grandfather of the historian Heinrich Sproemberg. Dernburg was bor ...

(1829–1907), jurist, professor, and politician *

Ernst Förstemann Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann (Danzig, 18 September 1822 – Charlottenburg, 4 November 1906) was a German historian, mathematician, doctor of linguistics, librarian, and director of the Saxon State Library (german: Sächsische Landesbibliothek) in D ...

(1822–1906), historian, archivist and librarian *

Georg Heym Georg Theodor Franz Artur Heym (30 October 1887 – 16 January 1912) was a German writer. He is particularly known for his poetry, representative of early Expressionism. Biography Heym was born in Hirschberg, Lower Silesia, in 1887 to He ...

(1887–1912), writer and poet *

Fritz Kolbe Fritz Kolbe (25 September 1900 – 16 February 1971) was a German diplomat who became a spy against the Nazis in World War II. Early life Kolbe was born on 25 September 1900 in Berlin to middle-class parents. His father was a saddle maker. Th ...

(1900–1971), diplomat and spy for the Allied forces *

Brigitte Mira Brigitte Mira (, 20 April 1910 – 8 March 2005) was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, later in her career with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on many occasions. Believed to have been born in Hamburg, she moved early on to Berli ...

(1910–2005), actress *

Karl August Möbius Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austri ...

(1825–1908), zoologist *

Eva Renzi Eva Renzi (born Evelyn Renziehausen; 3 November 1944 - 16 August 2005) was a German actress. Biography Born in Berlin to a Danish father and a French mother, she enrolled in the Berlin Actors' Studio at age 16 and began appearing in plays in Ger ...

(1944–2005), actress * Rosel Zech (1942–2011), actress

Gallery

File:Fritz Klimsch 1904 - LF III - Mutter Erde fec.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III - Grab Hirschwald.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III - Grab Grisebach, Mosaik.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III - Grab Melcher, Skulptur.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III - Grab Valentin.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III - Grab Schilling.jpg File:Luisenfriedhof III - Grab Körner, Skulptur.jpg File:Grabstätte Fürstenbrunner Weg 65-67 (West) Curt Mossner.jpg File:Grabstätte Fürstenbrunner Weg 65-67 (West) August Aschinger.jpg

References

External links

bildindex der Kunst und Architektur: chapel

im Lexikon des Bezirks Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luisenfriedhof III Cemeteries in Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Lutheran cemeteries in Germany Cemeteries established in the 1890s