Origins and development
Work began in 1976 and the cemetery opened on 27 October 1982. Agreements in 1988 and 1994 established burial areas for Turkish-Islamic and Greek Orthodox communities.
Origins: 27 October 1982. The cemetery is in Gatow, Spandau borough, at Maximilian-Kolbe-Straße 6, 14089 Berlin. Its area is approximately 14 hectares.
Design and present-day character
A near-natural park and landscape cemetery with a birch meadow and dedicated Islamic and Greek Orthodox sections.
Read this character description together with the development of Gatow Landscape Cemetery: it identifies what gives the grounds their present identity without turning the cemetery into a purely historical attraction. A visit can focus on spatial structure and named orientation points while leaving individual graves undisturbed.
Connect the account with the grounds
The cemetery map contains 6 named places for Gatow Landscape Cemetery. Among them are Chapel, Wolfgang Peuker memorial plaque, Bus platform at the cemetery. Use these names to relate the historical account to locations visible during a visit, without assuming that every historical feature has its own marker.
Continue the visit
The cemetery tour turns selected named points at Gatow Landscape Cemetery into a practical visit outline. For access questions or information tied to present cemetery operations, contact Spandau Borough Office, Roads and Green Spaces Department, Green Spaces and Cemeteries Division rather than drawing operational conclusions from the historical account.