Friedhof der ev. Kirchengemeinde Fredersdorf Süd, Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf
Facts and practical information
The Protestant cemetery Fredersdorf-South is one of three cemeteries in the municipality of Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, district of Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, along with the cemetery Fredersdorf-North and the cemetery Vogelsdorf, and is the only one of the three in denominational ownership.
The Protestant Cemetery Fredersdorf-Süd on Schöneicher Allee in Fredersdorf-Süd was opened around the year 1825. It underwent four expansions, each of which was accompanied by disputes. The main point of contention in each case was whether the newly added land was the property of the community or the church. In part, these disputes continue to this day. In the meantime, the parish would leave the loss-making cemetery to the community. It is operated primarily by seasonal workers.
The inherited graves of local families, such as the Schützes, Hörnickes and Looses, are conspicuous in the cemetery. These graves, which include the high outer walls, can still be found today in the northeast on Schöneicher Alle and in the northwest. The gravestones testify to former prosperity. August Kalb decorated his grave with Italian marble. The Bothe hereditary grave occupies its own small partitioned area. Artistically outstanding is the hereditary burial of the Schmidt and Sebastian families. The large gravestone resembles the entrance to the cemetery chapel, and in its center is a replica of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Blessing Christ.
The entrepreneur Carl Gottlob Bohm, who was involved in the construction of the Berlin Victory Column using innovative techniques developed by him, played a more nationally significant role. Since the beginning of 2010, the Bohm family's hereditary burial ground has been listed as a historic monument, as has the cemetery chapel, which was renovated at the beginning of the 2010s, with a hedge of trees of life and an avenue of linden trees. The construction date of the chapel is no longer known exactly, probably in the first 20 years of the 20th century. The small avenue of linden trees belongs to both ensembles, but in the original layout it did not run continuously from the entrance to the chapel, but broke off about halfway. Until the Bohm family placed their tomb in between, with which the avenue leading from the entrance to Bohm's tomb today, the direct path, however, led from the entrance to the chapel. This intervention led to a long dispute with the landowner Verdries, which was settled by a compromise.
As with many cemeteries between Berlin's east and the Oder River, there is an area with graves of killed soldiers of World War II. In addition to two memorial stones in the back of the cemetery, 31 ceramic plates have been laid, if ascertainable, with the names of the dead. World War II is also present in two other places in the cemetery. In the older, front section of the cemetery is a memorial stone with the names of five men who perished in the village on April 20 and 21, 1945. In a single grave lie the remains of a deserter who was shot on May 2, 1945. His mother had her son's remains transferred from Adorf to Fredersdorf.
Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf
Friedhof der ev. Kirchengemeinde Fredersdorf Süd – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Müggelsee, Museumspark Rüdersdorf, Heimathaus Schöneiche, City Hall.