Care and maintenance

Grave care

Karlshorst Cemetery: Prepare grave care, assemble grave details and clarify site-specific rules.

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Clarify before arranging grave care

Before requesting work at Karlshorst Cemetery / Zur frohen Botschaft, assemble the complete grave reference and identify the grave type. Record the section, row and grave number, the name on the grave and the person authorised to commission care. Ask Protestant cemetery association Friedrichsfelde / Karlshorst / Mahlsdorf which rules apply to that grave and section before choosing planting or structural work.

Define the work clearly

For Karlshorst Cemetery / Zur frohen Botschaft, state whether the request is one-off or recurring. Describe the present planting, the preferred period and the required tasks, such as watering, pruning or seasonal decoration. Include photographs only as practical context, and make clear which elements should remain untouched. This gives a provider a precise scope without assuming what the cemetery permits.

Access and transporting materials

For a first visit use Robert-Siewert-Straße 67. Choose other mapped entrances on the cemetery map according to your destination.

Public on-street parking spaces are available on Brehmstraße. These spaces are free of charge. Check the current signs on site.

Use both notes when planning materials for Karlshorst Cemetery / Zur frohen Botschaft. Ask the administration whether the intended entrance may be used for equipment, whether vehicle access is allowed and how waste or reusable containers should be handled for the particular grave.

Rules and final check

The grave types page sets the request in the context of Karlshorst Cemetery / Zur frohen Botschaft. Before work begins, ask Protestant cemetery association Friedrichsfelde / Karlshorst / Mahlsdorf about planting, monuments, water, waste and commercial access for the relevant section. Use +49 30 5123083 for the site-specific enquiry.