About 75 percent of the 14,000 burials at Prospect Hill Cemetery in 2006 are German Americans .
The cemetery remains the historic burying ground of the city 's once - large German Americans community .
About 75 percent of the 14,000 burials at Prospect Hill Cemetery in 2006 are German Americans , and the cemetery remains the historic burying ground of the city 's once - large German American community .