Waldfriedhof Dahlem
Waldfriedhof chapel
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| Established | 1933 |
| Location | Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Size | 75,407 m² |
| No. of graves | 40,000 |
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.
The cemetery has 40 Ehrengräber awarded by the city government of Berlin, including:
Coordinates: 52°27′22″N 13°15′50″E / 52.456°N 13.264°E
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