Böhmischer Gottesacker
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Böhmischer Gottesacker

Neukölln, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

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    Neukölln, Neukölln, Berlin Germany
    Coordinates: 52.47322, 13.44179
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The cemetery opened in 1751 and is the second oldest, and still in use grave yard, in the city of Berlin. King Wilhelm I of Prussia (1688-1740) gave refuge to protestant Christians fleeing the Catholic prosecutions in the late 17th century from Bohemia, an area now belonging to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The new settlers in Rixdorf, a village outside the 17th century city of Berlin, created this grave yard to bury their dead. It's now being managed by the Protestant Brüdergemeinde of Berlin-Neukölln. The cemetery is only 5600 square meters large and is surrounded by apartment buildings near Karl-Marx-Platz.
Three protestant congragations are burying their dead here for a resting period of 20 years. If the family of the deceased does not want to pay for another 20-yr-period, the grave will be leveled after an additional 5 years and re-used. There are many old grave stones mounted on the cemetery wall, which had been taken from other cemeteries throughout the city when those grave yards were leveled or had to be moved for urban development over the past 200 years.
A small chapel on the cemetery was built in 1965/66 by the Berlin architect Erich Ruhtz.
The saying above the metal entry gate reads:
"Christ is my life. Dying is my reward."






The cemetery opened in 1751 and is the second oldest, and still in use grave yard, in the city of Berlin. King Wilhelm I of Prussia (1688-1740) gave refuge to protestant Christians fleeing the Catholic prosecutions in the late 17th century from Bohemia, an area now belonging to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The new settlers in Rixdorf, a village outside the 17th century city of Berlin, created this grave yard to bury their dead. It's now being managed by the Protestant Brüdergemeinde of Berlin-Neukölln. The cemetery is only 5600 square meters large and is surrounded by apartment buildings near Karl-Marx-Platz.
Three protestant congragations are burying their dead here for a resting period of 20 years. If the family of the deceased does not want to pay for another 20-yr-period, the grave will be leveled after an additional 5 years and re-used. There are many old grave stones mounted on the cemetery wall, which had been taken from other cemeteries throughout the city when those grave yards were leveled or had to be moved for urban development over the past 200 years.
A small chapel on the cemetery was built in 1965/66 by the Berlin architect Erich Ruhtz.
The saying above the metal entry gate reads:
"Christ is my life. Dying is my reward."






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