Berlin-Wedding, Friedhof am Plötzensee

The state-owned cemetery at Plötzensee, which was deconsecrated in 2001, was created from the cemeteries of three Protestant parishes at the end of the 19th century. At 16.3 hectares, it was once the largest state-owned cemetery in Berlin. It has not been used for burials since 31.12.1970 and the last rights of use expired on 31.12.1995. The location at Dohnagestell refers to the Dohnas, an old noble family. The memorial to the fallen of the First World War by Emil Cauer the Younger from the 1920s can still be found near the former cemetery manager's house. The 40 graves themselves have already been moved to the nearby war cemetery. On the site of the former New St. Paul Cemetery is a large complex with 1,775 individual graves and 3 collective graves with a total area of 3,661 m². The sculptor Karl Wenke created the five-metre-high "War Victims' Mark" in 1957. Here rest 2,982 named war dead and more than 1,000 unknown. At the main entrance there is a plaque from the Volksbund with further information (Martin Bayer, 24.06.2020)