The Protestant Luisenfriedhof III () is a cemetery in the Westend district of Berlin. The cemetery is under monument protection.
History A church-owned and operated cemetery with a size of 12 hectares, Luisenfriedhof III was consecrated in 1891 and the first burial took place on 19 June 1891. Two years later, a cemetery chapel was built. The early Gothic red brick building was designed by Johannes Vollmer and Heinrich Jassoy. The steeple of the chapel was destroyed in World War II. In 1905, the cemetery expanded to its present size.
Notable burials Notables buried include: Georg Bleibtreu (1828–1892), painter Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827–1894), Egyptologist Wilhelm Cauer (1900–1945), mathematician and scientist Heinrich Dernburg (1829–1907), jurist, professor, and politician Ernst Förstemann (1822–1906), historian, archivist and librarian Georg Heym (1887–1912), writer and poet Fritz Kolbe (1900–1971), diplomat and spy for the Allied forces Brigitte Mira (1910–2005), actress Karl August Möbius (1825–1908), zoologist Eva Renzi (1944–2005), actress Rosel Zech (1942–2011), actress
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bildindex der Kunst und Architektur: chapel Ev. Luisenfriedhof III (Luisenkirchhof) – Gesamtanlage unter Denkmalschutz im Lexikon des Bezirks Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf