Friedhof Pankow VII, Historical cemetery and architectural monument in Pankow, Germany.
Friedhof Pankow VII is a municipal cemetery at Uhlandstraße 54–56 in Rosenthal, covering 25,068 m² along the Reinickendorf border. Its regular path grid makes it an Alleequartierfriedhof (avenue-quarter cemetery). The rear section was cut off by the Berlin Wall's border installations, and underground security cables remain. A new mourning hall, built after the 1993 arson, has a side exit so mourners do not meet the next group.
The cemetery belongs to the Wilhelmsruh colony, whose founding the Rosenthal municipality approved on 18 August 1893; the colony had to pay 3,000 marks in cash or 4,000 marks in mortgages for the burial plot. The exact date the cemetery was laid out remains unresolved, but the first burials took place in the early 20th century. Since 2001 the site has lain in Rosenthal, because the original district was redivided in the Berlin district reform.
The cemetery is known locally as the Wilhelmsruher Friedhof, although it lies in Rosenthal: in the 2001 Berlin district reform the original Ortsteil was divided up. The mourning hall built after the 1993 arson is arranged so that mourners leave through a side exit and do not meet the next group waiting.
The cemetery is open to the public and located in a quiet residential area with bus stops and parking nearby. Visitors can walk the grounds during opening hours to visit graves or observe the layout, with clear pathways connecting different sections.
The Berlin Wall ran directly up to the cemetery grounds, and the rear section lay within the border installations and their buffer zone. Underground security cables from that era are still in the ground today. The cemetery also holds a closed plot of 28 individual graves for victims of war and violence, marked by majolica slabs bearing names, dates and the inscription 1939–1945.
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