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manulie
November 12, 2017
Hiking
The cemetery houses a number of hereditary tombs with a special architecture. Walter Rathenau, Carl Deul, Otto Engel and others have been dug here.
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The cemetery with an original area of 1.02 hectares was a gift from the manufacturer Emil Rathenau to the rural community of Oberschöneweide. Rathenau also financed the construction of the cemetery chapel and a house for the cemetery administrator.
The entire complex, including the administration building and the chapel, has been a listed building for several years, as have a number of particularly outstanding tombs on the area. (Source: excerpt from Wikipedia)
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The cemetery with an original area of 1.02 hectares was a gift from the manufacturer Emil Rathenau to the rural community of Oberschöneweide. Rathenau also financed the construction of the cemetery chapel and a house for the cemetery administrator.
The entire complex, including the administration building and the chapel, has been a listed building for several years, as have a number of particularly outstanding tombs on the area. (Source: excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Claudia Hinkelhuber
September 2, 2020
Hiking
I can only agree with Manulie's remarks. If you hike through the Wuhlheide, it is a small, worthwhile detour - to part of our history.
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Wanderfreak
August 11, 2025
Cycling
The cemetery was established in 1902/1903. It was a gift from the manufacturer Emil Rathenau to the rural community of Oberschöneweide. He also financed the construction of the chapel, which, however, was not completed until after the consecration. The architect and master mason Max Stutterheim was commissioned to carry out the construction.
The cemetery was consecrated with the funeral of the Royal Forester Franz Witte in February 1903.
More about the cemetery and the notables buried there can be found at
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldfriedhof_Obersch%C3%B6neweide
The cemetery was consecrated with the funeral of the Royal Forester Franz Witte in February 1903.
More about the cemetery and the notables buried there can be found at
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldfriedhof_Obersch%C3%B6neweide
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