Invalidenfriedhof

• English: The Invalidenfriedhof (invalides' cemetery) is one of the oldest cemeteries in Berlin
• Deutsch: Der Invalidenfriedhof ist einer der ältesten Friedhöfe in Berlin

Maps

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  map of Invalidenhaus and surrounding area in 1748 and 1882, showing the cemetery to the right of Invalidenhaus
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  historical plan of grave fields and graves (1925)
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  Plaque

Historical Photos

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  graves of Otto von Pirch and Georg von Pirch in 1897
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  visitors of the cemetery in 1897 under a linden tree dedicated to King Frederick II of Prussia
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  the cemetery in 1925
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  grave field C in 1925
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  grave field F in 1925
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  grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst in 1925
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  memorial for soldiers who died in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (1925)
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  grave of Moritz von Bissing (1925), no longer exists
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  mausoleum of the Carl Rabitz family (1925), no longer exists

Cemetery in general

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  View from nearby canal side
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  oldest part of the cemetery (Grabfeld A)
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  remnants of the Berlin Wall on the cemetery, with display boards covering the Wall's history
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  Western part of the cemetery where most graves have been levelled
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  partial view of the cemetery (Grabfeld C)
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  western part of the cemetery with sign marking the "Berlin Wall Path" ("Berliner Mauerweg")
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  reconstructed cemetery wall with newly planted “Königslinde” (“the King's linden tree”)
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  mausoleum of the von Voigts-Rhetz family (around 1902), last remaining of its kind on the cemetery
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  View to the West
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  View to the West
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  Looking west to the Graves of Scharnhorst and Boyen
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  Looking east to the Grave of Scharnhorst
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  Remains of the Berlin Wall (Hinterlandmauer) at the cemetery, left the former death zone (Todesstreifen)
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  Former death zone (Todesstreifen) in the cemetery with the rest of the Berlin Wall (Hinterlandmauer - left), right: the western wall of the cemetery
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  View to the West
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  Grave field in the eastern part
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  Northeastern part
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  Southeastern part
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  Unallocated grave stones at the cemetery wall
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  Auguste-Viktoria-Bell of the Gnadenkirche in the cemeter

Graves and memorials

original or reconstructed grave monuments, ordered by age

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  Plaque on the entrance
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  Memorial plaque for victims buried here sat the air war 1940 - 1945 and the Battle of Berlin in 1945 at the cemetery wall
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  Plaque on the cemetery wall of beige sat here, executed resistance fighters of 20 July 1944
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  Plaque on the wall of the cemetery for soldiers buried here began the War of 1866
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  Plaque for the Auguste-Viktoria-Bell
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  Plaque
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  grave of Elisabeth von Kottulinksy (1774), detail with hourglass as allegory of death
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  grave of L. von Diezelsky (1779)
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  grave of L. von Diezelsky (1779)
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  grave of L. von Diezelsky, detail
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  grave of G. F. von Schütz (1781)
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  grave of G. F. von Schütz (1781), Detail
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  grave of Ernst Otto von Reineck (1791)
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  grave of Ernst Otto von Reineck (1791), detail
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  Plaque for the Pépinière (1795)
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  grave of Friedrich Wilhelm von Rohdich (1796)
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  Grave of Friedrich Wilhelm von Rohdich - Tomb inscription front
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  Grave of Friedrich Wilhelm von Rohdich - Tomb inscription back
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  grave of Gottlieb Heinrich von Arnim (1800)
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  grave of Johann Friedrich von Pelkowsky (1803)
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  grave of G. F. von Kessel (1827)
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  grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1834)
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  grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst
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  grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst
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  grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst, partial view, sculpture by Christian Daniel Rauch
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  grave of Gerhard von Scharnhorst, partial view
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  Grave of Scharnhorst, Plaque in front of the tomb
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  grave of Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1835)
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  grave of Job von Witzleben (1837), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
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  grave of Job von Witzleben, partial view
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  grave of Job von Witzleben; in the background: remains of the Berlin Wall
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  grave of Job von Witzleben (detail)
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  graves of Otto Carl Lorenz von Pirch (d. 1824) and Georg Dubislaw Ludwig von Pirch (d. 1838), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
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  grave of Georg Dubislaw von Pirch (1838)
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  Grave of Otto Carl Lorenz von Pirch
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  grave of Gustav von Rauch (1841)
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  grave of Karl Friedrich Friesen (1843)
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  grave of Karl Friedrich Friesen (1843), back side
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  grave of Hermann von Boyen and his family (1848)
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  grave of Hermann von Boyen and his family, detail
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  burial site of the von Rauch family with monument designed by Friedrich August Stüler (1850)
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  grave of the von Rauch family (1850), back side showing bullet-holes from fighting on the cemetery at the end of WWII
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  grave of the von Rauch family (1850), back side
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  Tomb of Alfred von Rauch, Detail
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  grave of Johann August Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen (1856)
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  grave of Hans Karl von Winterfeldt (1857)
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  grave of Hans Karl von Winterfeldt (1857), back side
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  grave of Hans Karl von Winterfeldt, detail (sculpted by Heinrich von Ledebur)
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  grave of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Reyher (1857)
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  grave of Ferdinand August von Witzleben (1859)
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  grave of Gotthilf and Auguste von Hagen (1884)
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  grave of Julius von Gross (1902), front side
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  Grave of Julius von Gross genannt von Schwarzhoff - Dragonslayer on tomb
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  grave of Julius von Gross (1902), back side
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  grave of Julius von Gross, detail
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  grave of Elisabeth, Helmuth and Ernst Kabisch (1904/1918/1951)
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  grave of Julius Nolte (1908)
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  grave of Alfred von Schlieffen (1913)
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  Grave of Theodor von Schlieffen
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  grave of Harry von Coler (1915)
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  Grave of Harry von Coler (Situation 2013)
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  grave of Hans Joachim Buddecke (1918)
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  grave of Hermann von Eichhorn (1918)
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  grave of Oliver von Beaulieu Marconnay (1918)
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  grave of Robert von Klüber (1919)
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  grave of Karl von Bülow (1921) and Molly von Bülow (1945)
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  grave of Kurt von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1922)
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  grave of Max Hoffmann (1927)
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  Grave of Max Hoffmann, tomb
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  grave of Joachim von Schröder (1929) and Ludwig von Schröder (1933) (Situation 2008)
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  Grave of Ludwig and Joachim von Schröder (Situation 2013)
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  Grave of Ludwig and Joachim von Schröder - grave inscription (Situation 2013)
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  Grave of Ludwig and Joachim von Schröder - grave inscription for Ludwig von Schröder (Situation 2013)
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  grave of Marga von Etzdorf (1933)
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  grave of Ludwig and Eliza von Falkenhausen (1936)
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  grave of Hans von Seeckt (1936)
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  grave of Hans von Seeckt (1936), detail
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  grave of Hans von Seeckt (1936), detail
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  grave of Hans von Seeckt (1936)
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  grave of Werner von Fritsch (1939)
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  grave of Hans Joachim Fraedrich (1940)
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  grave of Wolff von Stutterheim (1940)
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  grave of Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1941)
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  Grave slab of Arnauld de la Periere
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  graves of Ernst Udet and Werner Mölders (1941) in February 2008
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  graves of Ernst Udet (above left), Werner Mölders (above right), and Wolff von Stutterheim (below); Stutterheim's grave was moved back here in the spring of 2008
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  graves of Wolff von Stutterheim (1940), Ernst Udet and Werner Mölders (both 1941)
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  Graves of Stutterheim, Mölders and Udet (Situation 2013)
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  Grave of Wolff von Stutterheim
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  Inscription on the grave stone of Wolff von Stutterheim
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  grave of Ernst Udet (1941)
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  Grave of Ernst Udet, behind the grave of Oberst Mölders
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  Plaque on Udets Grave
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  grave of Werner Mölders (1941)
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  grave of Carl August von Gablenz (1942)
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  Grave of Carl August von Gablenz - Inscription on the grave stone
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  grave of Eleonore von Bibow (1945)
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  grave of Wilhelm Staehle (1945)
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  Grave of Wilhelm Staehle (Situation 2013)
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  Memorial stone on the grave of Wilhelm Staehle
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  grave of Aenne Stoeckel (1946) and Walter Stoeckel (1961)
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  Grave of Adolf, Wilhelm and Anna von Zastrow
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  Family Grave von Below
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  Grave of Nicolaus von Below
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  Grave of Rittmeister Eberhard von Wechmar
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  Grave of Otto Hasse
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  Grave of Egon von Krane
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  Grave of Egon von Krane, memorial slab
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  Grave of Albrecht Kalff
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  Grave of Hermann Bartsch
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  Grave of Charlotte von Stosch
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  Grave of Hans Hartwig von Beseler
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  Grave of Julius and Luise von Verdy du Vernois
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  Grave of Hermann Wilhelm von Eicken
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  Grave of Erich, Martin and Margarete Schlegel
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  Grave of Werner and Josephine von Frankenberg-Proschwitz
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  Grave of Helma Ellen Schmitz
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  Reminder grave of Karl Schönberg and Grave of Alice von Schönberg
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  Grave inscription of the Schönberg-grave
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  Grave of Georg von Hülsen-Haeseler
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  Grave site von Hülsen-Haeseler
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  Grave of Otto von der Gablentz
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  Grave of Hans von Puttkamer
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  Grave of Hans Willibald von Schweinitz
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  Grave of Bolko (right) and Wanda (left) von Götzen
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  Grave of Fritz and Elisabeth Neumann
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  Neumann grave - grave inscription
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  Grave of Gottfried Steuer
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  Grave of Guido von Gillhausen - front
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  Grave of Guido von Gillhausen - grave inscription
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  Grave of Guido von Gillhausen – back
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  Grave of Guido von Gillhausen - inscription back
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  Unknown grave and grave of Guido von Gillhausen (right)
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  Grave of Family Hechel
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  Grave of Family Hechel – Detail
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  Grave of Kurt Schulz
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  Grave of Theodor, Carola and Carl Ernst Michelis
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  Graves of Heinrich and Helene von Brandt, Elfriede Behm and Ernst Nothnagel
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  Grave of Heinrich and Helene von Brandt
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  Grave of Erwin Wigankow
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  Medallion at the Tomb of the grave of Erwin Wigankow
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  Grave of Wilhelm von Uslar
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  Grave of Friedrich Bogislaw Emanuel Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg
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  Grave of Oskar von Koscielski-Ponoschau
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  Grave of Fritz Brüggemann
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  Grave of Hans Fuss
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  Grave of Hans Fuss - Inscription on the grave stone
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  Grave of Herbert Geitner and Otto Grandke-Geitner
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  Graves of Wilhelm Kleinau and Hans-Joachim Fraedrich
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  Grave of Family von Etzdorff
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  Grave of Georg Ludwig and Ulrike Adele von Etzdorff and Anna von Bolschwing
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  Grave of Max and Louise von Etzdorff
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  Grave of Richard Schürmann
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  Grave of Erich, Konrad and Marie-Erica von Jachmann
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  Grave of Felix von Bärensprung
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  Grave of Georg and Alma Karpe
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  Grave of Hugo von Loёn and Anneliese von Schleicher
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  Grave of Max and Marianne Martens
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  Grave of Paul and Ida Graeber
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  Grave of Family Ramelow
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  Grave of Robert Ramelow
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  Grave of Rochus Schmidt
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  Grave of Theodor and Margarete Baudach
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  Graves of Family von Baudissin
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  Grave of Ulrich von Baudissin - Detail
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  Grave of Family von der Lancken and Family Wallis
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  Unknown graves
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  unknown tomb
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  Memorial to the nurses of the Augusta Hospital

Replacement stones

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  Grave of Family von Arnim
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  Grave of Henning Christian, Emma Adele and Volkrad Henning von Arnim
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  Grave of Adalbert von Barnim and Therese von Barnim (Situation 2013)
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  Grave of Ernst and Dorothea von Baudissin
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  Grave of Friedrich and Edith von Baudissin
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  grave of Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin (stone from 1997)
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  Grave of Ernst, Karl, Hedwig and Else von Below
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  grave of Ferdinand, Therese and Fritz von Below (stone from 2001)
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  grave of Karl Emil Berendt (stone from 2001)
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  Grave of Karl Emil, Auguste and Hans Emil Berendt (Situation 2013)
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  grave of Rudolf Bertold (stone from 2003)
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  Memorial grave of Kurt and Hans-Hermann Bertram
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  Grave of Eduard, Elisabeth and Auguste von Brauchitsch
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  Grave of Ernst von der Burg
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  Grave of Eberhard and Magdalena von Claer
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  Grave of Otto and Maria von Claer
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  Grave of Jacob Clapier de Colongue
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  Grave of Alwin and Edda von Coler
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  Grave of Rudolf von Cramer
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  Grave of August, Helene, Friedrich and Gunther von Cramon
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  Grave of Curt von Dewitz
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  Grave of Heinrich Dippel
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  Grave of Karl Wilhelm and Auguste Frese
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  grave of Wolfgang Fürstner (stone from 2002)
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  Grave of Karl and Leonie von und zu Gilsa
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  Grave of Arthur, Margarethe, Friedrich, Walter and Magdalene von der Groeben
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  grave of Carl and Laura von Hähnisch (stone from 1992)
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  Grave of Hans-Joachim Haupt
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  Grave of Otto Friedrich von Hindersin
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  grave of Otto and Cornelie Hoetzsch (stone from?)
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  Grave of Friedrich von Holstein
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  grave of Hans Valentin Hube (stone from 2000)
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  Grave of Hans Valentin Hube (Situation 2013)
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  grave of Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler (stone from 1998)
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  Grave of Richard von Klitzing
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  Grave of Wolf Heinrich Ernst von Klüx
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  Grave of Hugo and Richard von Knobloch
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  grave of Oskar, Therese and Kurt v. Knobloch (stone from 2003)
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  Grave of Konrad and Elisabeth Krause
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  Grave of Adolf and Helene von Kries
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  Grave of Heinrich and Marie von Kummer
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  grave of Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen (stone from 2000)
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  Grave of Heinrich and Gabriele von Massenbach
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  grave of Helmuth von Moltke, the Younger and his wife Eliza (stone from 2007)
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  grave of Helmuth von Moltke, the Younger and his wife Eliza (stone from 2007)
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  grave of Friedrich Neuhaus (stone from 1994)
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  Grave of Axel and Johanna von Platen
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  Grave of Manfred von Richthofen
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  grave of Friedrich Rabod and Emma von Schele (stone from 2002)
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  Grave of Robert and Rosalie von Schön
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  grave of Rudolf Schmundt (stone from ?)
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  grave of Wilhelm Heinrich Solf (stone from 2001)
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  Grave of Karl Theodor von Strantz
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  replacement stone on the grave of Fritz Todt in 2006 (since removed)
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  location of Fritz Todt's 1942 grave without a grave marker (December 2007)
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  grave of Ernst Troeltsch (stone from 1991)
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  Grave of Luise von Voss
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  Grave of Gotthard and Sigrid von Wallenberg-Pachaly
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  grave of Bernhard von Werder and Ferdinand von Werder (stone from 2003)
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  Grave of Günther, Frieda and Elisabeth von Werder
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  Grave of Hans and Martha von Winterfeld
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  Grave of the Family von Winterfeld
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  Large restitution grave stone of Rudolph, Carl, Hans, Detlof, Carl and Anna von Winterfeld