Princely Crypt (Celle)

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The princely crypt in Celle is the burial place of the so-called "Celler Line" of the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . 17 members of the Guelph family were buried in the princely crypt , four under the choir of the town church St. Marien .

history

Duke Wilhelm the Younger had the crypt laid out for himself and his princely family in 1576. The crypt served this purpose until the Celle line of the Welfs expired in 1705.

Later the corpses of two other personalities were added, both of whom remained known because of a love affair :

coffins

Copper engraving of the Castrum Doloris (funeral scaffolding), which was erected in 1705 in the town church of Celle to lay the coffin of Duke Georg Wilhelm
Magnificent coffin of Duke Georg Wilhelm

In the princely crypt there are some splendidly furnished coffins of the deceased, including three children's coffins and a zinc box in which only the heart of Duke Georg Wilhelm is supposed to be kept.

The magnificent coffin for Duke Georg Wilhelm is a specialty. The coffin made of sheet copper is a work by the Celle art blacksmith PC Hornung. It was silver-plated and gold-plated by the Hanoverian gold and silversmith Conrad Hölling .

The coffins of the following personalities, whose often short lifetimes are noticeable, can be found in the royal tomb:

such as

Grave slabs in the choir

On the east wall of the choir behind the altar of the church, the tombstones of four other members of the ducal family were placed in the 17th century . All four grave plates show the personalities partly in armor and their coats of arms :

See also

literature

  • Carl Steinmann: The tombs of the princes of the Welfenhaus. From Gertrudis, the mother of Heinrich the Lion, to Duke Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Braunschweig: Verlag von Goeritz und zu Putlitz, 1885; Digitized version of the Braunschweig University Library
  • NN : The princely crypt and the grave slabs of the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in the city church St. Marien Celle , with photos by Dietrich Klatt, Friedrich Kremzow and Ralf Pfeiffer illustrated leaflet , in DIN A5 format (4 pages, o. O., o. D.) designed by Heide Kremzow, based on: Dietrich Klatt: Kleiner Kunstführer Schnell & Steiner No. 1986 , 2008

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h N.N .: The princely crypt and the grave slabs ... (see literature)
  2. ↑ Note: The date of birth 1774 on the leaflet (see literature) differs from the date 1583 given so far (as of 01/2013) in the Wikipedia article Margarethe von Braunschweig-Lüneburg without individual reference
  3. ↑ Gerd Weiß: Berggarten in: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, Part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , p. 207., as well as Appendix Herrenhausen , in: Directory of architectural monuments according to § 4 (NDSchG) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological preservation of monuments), status 01.07.1985, City of Hanover , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p. 15f.

Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 28.1 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 52.3 ″  E