Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor
- Address
- enter at Mehringdamm 21
- Transport
- Phone
- 030 691 6318
- Price
- admission free
- Hours
- 8am-dusk
Lonely Planet review for Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor
Berlin’s oldest cemetery has been receiving new members continuously since 1735 and is filled with beautiful tombstones, many of artistic merit. Famous Berliners buried here include the architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, the painter Antoine Pesne, the writer and literary-salon patron Henriette Herz, the poet and painter ETA Hoffmann and the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.








