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Edith Gaertner Cat Cemetery

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Actress Edith Gaertner was the granddaughter of the city’s founder, Hermann Blumenau. After a career of acting in Germany, in 1924 she received bad news regarding her family, so she returned home to live out the rest of her days. During her time there, she built a botanical garden that hosts a variety of native trees, a mini zoo, and a cemetery for the 50 cats she raised there. You can find nine tombstones and various cat statues of her beloved …

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Edith Gaertner Cat Cemetery

Actress Edith Gaertner was the granddaughter of the city’s founder, Hermann Blumenau. After a career of acting in Germany, in 1924 she received bad news regarding her family, so she returned home to live out the rest of her days. During her time there, she built a botanical garden that hosts a variety of native trees, a mini zoo, and a cemetery for the 50 cats she raised there. You can find nine tombstones and various cat statues of her beloved …

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Atlas Obscura broke the news in on Monday, January 20, 2025.
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