Waldfriedhof Dahlem

The Waldfriedhof Dahlem (Dahlem forest cemetery) is a cemetery in Berlin, in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf on the edge of the Grunewald forest at Hüttenweg 47. Densely planted with conifers and designed between 1931 and 1933 after the plans of Albert Brodersen, it is one of Berlin's more recent cemeteries. Its graves include those of writers such as Gottfried Benn, composers such as Wolfgang Werner Eisbrenner and entertainers like Harald Juhnke, and put it among the so-called "Prominentenfriedhöfe" or celebrity cemeteries.

Waldfriedhof Dahlem
Waldfriedhof chapel
Details
Established1933
Location
CountryGermany
Size75,407 m²
No. of graves40,000
Grave of Harald Juhnke

Graves of notable people

Bibliography

  • Hannelore Prüfer, Der Berliner Gartendirektor Albert Brodersen (1857-1930), in: Berlinische Monatsschrift, Heft 10/1997, Seiten 77/78 online at Edition Luisenstadt
  • Klaus Hammer: Historische Friedhöfe & Grabmäler in Berlin, Stattbuch Verlag Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-922778-32-1



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