The Evangelischer Friedhof Böhmischer Gottesacker features rows of weathered, uniform headstones that stand in stark contrast to the dense, modern apartment blocks crowding its perimeter. Established in seventeen thirty-seven, this burial…
Bohemian Village of Rixdorf
This walk takes you through a remarkably preserved eighteenth-century village enclave of timber-framed cottages, quiet refugee gardens, and a historic blacksmith hidden right in the middle of modern Neukölln.
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1. Evangelischer Friedhof Böhmischer Gottesacker
2. Comenius-Garten
The Comenius-Garten features a series of stone paths that wind through a carefully curated landscape of medicinal herbs and philosophical quotations. It serves as a living tribute to the seventeenth-century thinker Jan Amos Comenius, who…
3. Böhmisches Dorf in Berlin Neukölln
The Böhmisches Dorf centers on a small, quiet courtyard tucked behind a church on Kirchgasse, marked by low, unassuming houses that sit oddly flush with the street. King Frederick William the First invited Protestant refugees from Bohemia…
4. Museum in the Bohemian village
The Museum im Böhmischen Dorf sits inside the oldest schoolhouse in the former village of Rixdorf. Its thick stone walls and modest, gabled silhouette stand apart from the surrounding dense urban blocks of Neukölln. In the mid eighteenth…
5. Rixdorfer Schmiede
The Rixdorfer Schmiede is a squat, whitewashed building with a heavy, timbered gable that anchors the corner of Richardplatz. It served as the village forge for centuries when this part of Berlin was still the independent settlement of…
6. Bethlehemskirche Rixdorf - Ev. Kirchengemeinde Rixdorf
The Bethlehemskirche is the only church in Berlin built in the Bohemian style, distinguished by its high, steep roof and a slender central tower that stretches upward over the square. It was constructed for Protestant refugees from Bohemia…
7. Villa Rixdorf
The former Bohemian Village of Rixdorf features low-slung, eighteenth-century houses clustered around a quiet courtyard that feels detached from the dense blocks of Neukölln. King Frederick William the First invited Protestant refugees…