Guided tours

From Crematorium to Kulturquartier

The former crematorium of Berlin-Wedding is listed in Berlin as a historically protected building. It reflects the city’s history in its own unique way. Built in 1909/1910, it was the first crematorium in Berlin. For more than a century, its presence has testified to changing cultural norms around death in the modernised Germany of the early 20th century. When the vacant building was put up for sale, silent green Kulturquartier conferred the contract in the beginning of 2013. After a period of extensive redevelopment works by silent green in close cooperation with the Office for Historical Monuments until 2015, the independent project has found its home in the historic premises of the Berlin-Wedding Crematorium.

If you like to learn more about the crematorium’s fascinating history and would like to take a look behind the scenes of this unique historical monument, please write us to fuehrungen@silent-green.net.

A guided tour lasts approximately 70 minutes.

• The meeting point for the tour is on the lawn in front of the gate to the courtyard.

• Unfortunately, the premises are only partly wheelchair accessible.

• Advance reservations are required for all groups of ten or more. Please book your guided tour in advance and contact fuehrungen(at)silent-green.net

A richly illustrated publication on the history of the crematorium and its preservation-sensitive conversion into the silent green cultural quarter was published in June 2017, in both German and English. It is available at our MARS | Küche & Bar gastronomy venue.

An overview of other museums, memorial sites, and monuments in the area can be found at Berliner Unterwelten e.V.