People and memorials
Selected people
Biographies and grave informationGrave of Johannes „Hans“ Wilhelm Geiger Notable people
Johannes „Hans“ Wilhelm Geiger
1882–1945
Physicist and co-developer of the Geiger–Müller tube. He was buried at Potsdam’s New Cemetery. His surviving grave has its own precise map marker.
View mapGrave of Bernhard Kellermann Notable people
Bernhard Kellermann
1879–1951
Writer known for the novel The Tunnel. He was buried at Potsdam’s New Cemetery in 1951. His grave is recorded as a historic grave monument and can be found using its map marker.
View mapGrave of Gustav Meyer Notable people
Gustav Meyer
1816–1877
Landscape architect and Berlin’s director of gardens. His grave at Potsdam’s New Cemetery bears an inscription with his name, office and life dates. It is one of the precisely mapped historic graves.
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This guide introduces selected biographies and graves connected with Potsdam New Cemetery, including Johannes „Hans“ Wilhelm Geiger, Bernhard Kellermann and Gustav Meyer. It is not a complete account of the people buried at the cemetery.
Locating the graves
The map below marks the graves of Johannes „Hans“ Wilhelm Geiger, Bernhard Kellermann and Gustav Meyer. Open the relevant point for orientation and keep any available section, row and grave number with you for the final approach.
The embedded map on this page contains only precisely located graves from the selection. The general cemetery map adds entrances and other orientation points; those points are not grave references.
Images for recognition
Grave or memorial photographs are shown for Johannes „Hans“ Wilhelm Geiger, Bernhard Kellermann and Gustav Meyer. Use a photograph only as a recognition aid after obtaining the grave reference; it does not replace the section, row and grave number.
Ask about another person
Send City of Potsdam – cemetery administration the full name, known life dates, possible spelling variants and an approximate burial period. Ask specifically for the section, row and grave number. Include Heinrich-Mann-Allee 25, 14473 Potsdam so the enquiry identifies Potsdam New Cemetery when the operator manages more than one cemetery.