People and places

Notable graves

Oberschöneweide Forest Cemetery: the Rathenau family tomb and Carl Deul’s honorary grave, with life dates, grave photos and a Rathenau map location.

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This selection introduces people connected with Oberschöneweide’s industry and urban development. It includes the Rathenau family tomb and the honorary grave of builder Carl Deul. These are places of remembrance within a cemetery that remains in use.

Start at the main entrance and use the site plan for orientation. The Rathenau family tomb is marked on the map. Ask the administration for the precise location of Carl Deul’s grave. This selection is not a complete directory of everyone buried here.

Selected graves

Selected people

2 documented graves

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Rathenau family tomb
Notable people
Walther Rathenau
1867–1922
Rathenau family tomb
Foreign minister of the Weimar Republic and son of AEG founder Emil Rathenau. He is buried with Emil, Mathilde and Erich Rathenau in the family tomb designed by Alfred Messel.
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Carl Deul’s grave monument
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Carl Deul
1855–1904
Honorary grave; ask the administration for the exact reference.
Builder and, from 1898, Oberschöneweide’s first municipal head. His honorary grave recalls the early development of the industrial neighbourhood.