The cemetery was founded on 12 October 1868, to serve the population of the nearby village of Niemierzyn (now a neighbourhood of Szczecin).

Its location on a small hill attracted upper-class people of the nearby city who also begun using it.

[1][2] In 1900, the cemetery and the village were incorporated into the city of Szczecin, and soon after there was constructed a chappel, and in 1905, it was expanded to the northwest.

[1][2] During the Second World War the cemetery was used as a burial ground for victims of the allied bombing air raids.

Between 1973 and 1975, the area was redeveloped into an arboretum garden, with all gravestones being removed and the chappel and most of the walls being deconstructed.