Friedhof Dresden-Weißig
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Friedhof Dresden-Weißig

Dresden, Stadtkreis Dresden, Saxony, Germany

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Weißiger Friedhof

This cemetery is owned and managed by the Lutheran congregation of Schönfeld-Weißig and was opened around 1235, making it one of the oldest still operating graveyards in Dresden. The older part Kirchhof Weißig and the newer part Friedhof Weißig are listed together here.

Contact:
Gemeindebüro und Friedhofsverwaltung Schönfeld
Borsbergstraße 6
01328 Dresden
GERMANY

Tel.: 0351 268 32 57
Fax: 0351 217 92 97
eMail: [email protected]

The church dates back to the early 13th century, and so does the graveyard surrounding it. In 1920 the property to the north of the old cemetery was purchased and the newer part was opened in 1923.

Please note that the graves in Germany are not perpetual. After a certain period of repose (20-30 years) the graves are being leveled and re-used. There is no toxic embalming being done in Germany, so the coffin and the corpse can decompose naturally. If the family of the deceased decides to purchase another period, the duration can be extended by another 20-30 years. Otherwise, the grave will be leveled and reused, the marker then used as gravel in road construction. War Graves are considered memorials and are kept up by the owner of the cemetery. Those are kept forever. Also, the town or owner of the cemetery might find a grave of historical significance and will protect and keep it indefinitely.

The cemetery has several War Memorials with the names and sometimes dates of soldiers from this town, who died during the wars of the past two centuries. Most of them are missing in action and their bodies have never been found and returned to their families. They are not buried here, but remembered on these war memorial plaques and monuments.
AKA
Weißiger Friedhof

This cemetery is owned and managed by the Lutheran congregation of Schönfeld-Weißig and was opened around 1235, making it one of the oldest still operating graveyards in Dresden. The older part Kirchhof Weißig and the newer part Friedhof Weißig are listed together here.

Contact:
Gemeindebüro und Friedhofsverwaltung Schönfeld
Borsbergstraße 6
01328 Dresden
GERMANY

Tel.: 0351 268 32 57
Fax: 0351 217 92 97
eMail: [email protected]

The church dates back to the early 13th century, and so does the graveyard surrounding it. In 1920 the property to the north of the old cemetery was purchased and the newer part was opened in 1923.

Please note that the graves in Germany are not perpetual. After a certain period of repose (20-30 years) the graves are being leveled and re-used. There is no toxic embalming being done in Germany, so the coffin and the corpse can decompose naturally. If the family of the deceased decides to purchase another period, the duration can be extended by another 20-30 years. Otherwise, the grave will be leveled and reused, the marker then used as gravel in road construction. War Graves are considered memorials and are kept up by the owner of the cemetery. Those are kept forever. Also, the town or owner of the cemetery might find a grave of historical significance and will protect and keep it indefinitely.

The cemetery has several War Memorials with the names and sometimes dates of soldiers from this town, who died during the wars of the past two centuries. Most of them are missing in action and their bodies have never been found and returned to their families. They are not buried here, but remembered on these war memorial plaques and monuments.

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