Origins and development
From 1888, four church cemeteries developed here: Neuer Johannisfriedhof, Kaiser-Friedrich, Heiland and Neuer St Paul. The grounds closed at the end of 1970, and the last plot rights expired in 1995. Conversion to a park began in 2001. War graves were consolidated on the former New St Paul grounds in 2014. The mapped present-day war-grave area is consequently smaller than the historic cemetery complex.
Origins: 1888; regular operation until 1970. The cemetery is in Wedding, Mitte borough, at Dohnagestell 4, 13351 Berlin. The mapped current war-grave area covers approximately 2.19 hectares, considerably less than the former complex of four cemeteries.
Design and present-day character
Former cemetery complex, now a park containing consolidated war graves. Regular burial operations ended in 1970.
Read this character description together with the development of Plötzensee Cemetery: it identifies what gives the grounds their present identity without turning the cemetery into a purely historical attraction. A visit can focus on spatial structure and named orientation points while leaving individual graves undisturbed.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 6 named places for Plötzensee Cemetery. Among them are Pedestrian gate, Friedhof am Plötzensee, Memorial. Use these names to relate the historical account to locations visible during a visit, without assuming that every historical feature has its own marker.
Continue the visit
The cemetery tour turns selected named points at Plötzensee Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Mitte borough cemetery administration, Dohnagestell 9, 13351 Berlin rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.