Dahlem Forest Cemetery is the resting place of many notable people. This selection is deliberately limited to six thoroughly documented entries and is not a complete name index.
Six graves in portrait
Selected people
6 documented gravesGrave of Richard and Fritz von Weizsäcker Politics and society
Richard von Weizsäcker
1920–2015
President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1994 and previously Governing Mayor of Berlin; the grave is shared with his son Fritz von Weizsäcker.
View mapMarie-Elisabeth Lüders’s grave Politics and society
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders
1878–1966
Politician and women’s-rights campaigner, senior president of the German Bundestag and an honorary citizen of Berlin.
View mapSymbolic grave of Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld Resistance
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
1902–1944
Symbolic grave; honorary grave, field 013, no. 38Landowner and member of the 20 July 1944 resistance who was executed after the failed attempt to overthrow the Nazi regime.
View mapHeinz Berggruen’s grave Arts and culture
Heinz Berggruen
1914–2007
Art dealer, collector and patron whose collection became one of Berlin’s major museums.
View mapHarald Juhnke’s grave Arts and culture
Harald Juhnke
1929–2005
Actor, singer and entertainer who shaped German-language television and Berlin theatre for decades.
View mapGottfried Benn’s grave Literature
Gottfried Benn
1886–1956
Physician, essayist and one of the most influential German-language poets of Expressionism.
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Richard von Weizsäcker, Marie-Elisabeth Lüders, Heinz Berggruen, Harald Juhnke and Gottfried Benn are linked to precise OSM grave objects. For Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld, Berlin’s honorary-graves list expressly describes the site as a symbolic grave; it is not recast here as an actual place of burial.
The official list gives these field references: Richard von Weizsäcker 001/719, Gottfried Benn 004/700, Harald Juhnke 007/198, Marie-Elisabeth Lüders 010/429, Schwerin von Schwanenfeld 013/38 and Heinz Berggruen 014/226. The official overview plan shows honorary graves only approximately, so this directory’s map links use the separate OSM points.
Visiting respectfully
Open the cemetery plan in advance, remain on established paths and keep your distance from funeral services. Photographs identify the grave but cannot guarantee that planting and surroundings look unchanged today.