Being close to the Humboldt University, this compact 18th-century cemetery is the place of perpetual slumber for a veritable roll call of famous Germans and dotted with artistic tombstones. Karl Friedrich Schinkel, in fact, designed his own. Brecht, who lived next door, chose to be buried here, allegedly to be close to his idols, the philosophers Hegel and Fichte. A map by the entrance shows grave locations.
Former Dramatist Heiner Müller is a recent addition; fans still leave cigars for him. There's also a monument to resistance fighters killed by the Nazis and a section reserved for members of the nearby Berlin Academy of Arts, including the writer Anna Seghers.
