Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Friedhof

The cemetery of the Protestant Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Gemeinde is located on an area of 4.7 hectares, directly next to Luisenkirchhof III, which ceded the land to the KWG congregation on July 26, 1896. It was primarily used for the burial of parishioners, but also became a burial ground for the then emerging social class of the newly developing West. During this time, many of the remarkable 4-5 meter high wall tombs were created as a boundary to the Luisen churchyard. The construction of the neo-Romantic chapel, designed by Hetzel, was financed by the sale of the burial chambers and crypts beneath it, so that it could be consecrated on September 27, 1903. Numerous personalities chose this churchyard as their final resting place. For example, there are the graves of violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim and his wife Amalie, film actress Henny Porten and novelist Friedrich Spielhagen, as well as the beautifully restored mausoleum of the Lemm family (shoe polish manufacturers). Around 150 victims of the First and Second World Wars were buried here. There are also war victims in family graves. Source: Cemetery administration of the Protestant Luisen parish Fürstenbrunner Weg 69, 14059 Berlin