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Old Crematorium

Old Crematorium

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Old Crematorium

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Location: Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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August 31, 2021

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The old crematorium will probably send a certain shiver down your spine just by looking at it from the outside. The building, which is now a listed building, was inaugurated in 1910 to carry out cremations that were only legalized four years earlier in the Anhalt state parliament.

After several extensions, the crematorium was in use until the 1980s. The ovens and carts on which the corpses were driven over rails into the fire are still in place inside the building today.

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September 21, 2025

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Today, the Dessau crematorium is falling into disrepair and, overgrown, offers a spookily romantic backdrop in the old cemetery.

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The foundation stone was laid in 1909. The crematorium's architect was William Müller. Due to the high groundwater level, the building had to be excavated down to the base of the furnace. Instead of the estimated total cost of 100,000 marks, the construction cost 110,000 marks. The construction of the funeral hall and its side halls cost 83,600 marks. The furnace cost 15,400 marks, the burial apparatus 3,000 marks, the enclosure 4,600 marks, and the interior furnishings 3,400 marks.

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Location: Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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