Haunted Places in Berlin (17)

Explore 17 haunted places in Berlin. Read the stories and find your next ghost trip.

• ⛪ Parochial Church Berlin Beneath the Baroque church floor rest 147 coffins behind three-hundred-year-old burial chamber doors – and when the pastor had them opened, 87 mummies stared back.
• 🚇 Köpenick Old Town Berlin Through Köpenick's night-time lanes rides a headless horseman on a white horse, followed by headless hounds – and by the Pyramid Bridge lurks the grey dog Morro with eyes of fire.
• 👻 Blanke Helle at Alboinplatz Berlin The bottomless pool in the middle of the city bears the name of the death goddess Hel – and for generations it was said that Blanke Helle claimed one victim a year.
• 🏚️ Franciscan Friary Ruins Berlin In the ruins of the Grey Friary a monk limps between the pillars at night – Father Roderich, so cruel in life that he is not allowed to die.
• 🏰 Grunewald Hunting Lodge Berlin When the White Lady appears wearing black gloves, a Hohenzollern is about to die. Anna Sydow, the Elector's mistress, died a prisoner – but never left the lakeside hunting lodge. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Kleist's Grave at Kleiner Wannsee Berlin On the shore of Kleiner Wannsee the poet Heinrich von Kleist shot first his companion and then himself one November day in 1811 – they were buried where they fell.
• ⛪ St. Mary's Church Berlin By the door stands an atonement cross for the provost Berlin's mob beat to death and burned in 1325 – and inside, Death himself dances with emperors and beggars along the church wall.
• 👻 Peacock Island Berlin The alchemist with ruby-red eyes is said to still roam Peacock Island. In the 1600s it was whispered that ships straying too close to the island rotted and sank.
• 🏰 Köpenick Palace Berlin From the palace bridge the princess threw herself into the moat for unhappy love – at night her white veil is seen fluttering from the palace island in the Dahme. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Devil's Lake in the Müggel Hills Berlin Beneath the Müggel hills a whole castle sank into the black bog water with its cursed princess. To free her, you must carry her three times around Köpenick's church at midnight.
• 👻 Berlin Palace (Humboldt Forum) Berlin Anna Sydow, 'the beautiful foundress', has been said since 1598 to appear in the Berlin Palace as the Hohenzollerns' white harbinger of death. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Bethanien at Mariannenplatz Berlin Generations of Kreuzbergers have met the deaconess in her headscarf in the long corridors — in the house whose name can be read as house of misery.
• ⛪ Tempelhof Village Church Berlin The Knights Templar gave Tempelhof its name – and legend insists a secret underground passage leads from their old fieldstone church by the pond.
• 👻 The Holy Lake at Alt-Heiligensee Berlin A cursed castle sank into the holy lake with its princess, and on full-moon nights the bells toll from the deep – before a white woman rises from the water.
• 🚇 Petriplatz Berlin Tower after tower collapsed at Petriplatz — the ground where legend places the temple of the three-headed heathen god Triglav never let the church rest.
• 👻 The Tegel Haunting Berlin "For there are ghosts in Tegel" – the 1797 poltergeist in the chief forester's house grew so notorious that Goethe wrote it into Faust. The riddle was never solved.
• 👻 Schildhorn Berlin With Albert the Bear's riders at his heels, the Slavic prince Jaczo plunged into the Havel in full armour – pledging his soul to whichever god would let him reach the shore.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Berlin?

Haunted Places lists 17 haunted locations in Berlin, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Berlin?

Among the most notable in Berlin: Parochial Church, Köpenick Old Town and Blanke Helle at Alboinplatz.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Berlin?

Yes — 3 of the haunted places in Berlin are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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