Der Dorotheenstädtscher Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof Berlin Mitte
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The Dorotheenstadt cemetery, officially the "Cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt und Friedrichswerder Parishes", is a landmarked burial ground located in the Berlin district of Mitte. The entrance to the 17,000 m2 plot is at 126 Chaussee Straße (next door to the Brecht House, where Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel spent their last years, at 125 Chaussee Straße). It was established in 1762 by Prussian King Frederick II, "the Great"; burials began in 1770. The cemetery, like the neighbourhood of Berlin, was named after Dorothea, the second wife of the "Great Elector" Frederick William I (1620--1688). It is directly adjacent to the French cemetery (also known as the cemetery of the Huguenots), established in 1780, and is sometimes confused with it.

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